Home > 1786 in literature

1 Events

• The Story of the Learned Pig (anonymous) is one of the first books to cast doubt on the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays.

2 New Books

• Dorado, a Spanish Tale - James Boswell (published anonymously)
• Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Robert Burns
• The Heiress (play) - John Burgoyne
• The Jolly Beggars - Robert Burns
• The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, translated from the German by G.A. Bürger
• Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson by Hester Thrale

3 Births

• February 3 - Wilhelm Gesenius
• February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm
• August 25 - James Silk BuckinghamJames Silk Buckingham ( August 25, 1786 June 30, 1855), was an English author and traveller. He was born near Falmouth, the son of a farmer. His youth was spent at sea. After years of wandering he settled in India, where he established a periodical, the C

4 Deaths

• November 25November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining. Events 1034 Malcolm II of Scotland died. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, - Richard GloverRichard Glover ( 1712 November 25, 1785), English poet, son of Richard Glover, a Hamburg merchant, was born in London. He was educated at Cheam in Surrey. While there he wrote in his sixteenth year a poem to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton, which was prefi
• December 26December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. There are 5 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1481 Battle of Westbroek Holland defeats troops of Utrecht 1606 King Lear performed in the Court of England 1620 Elizabet - Gasparo GozziGasparo, count Gozzi ( December 4, 1713 December 26, 1786), was an Italian critic and dramatist. The brother of Carlo Gozzi, he was born in Venice. In 1739 he married the poet Luise Bergalli, and she undertook the management of the theatre of Sant' Angelo