 ==events== *january 15 - ann ward marries william radcliffe, gaining the surname under which she will become known as a writer of gothic novels. *april 17 - the edinburgh edition of robert burns' poems, chiefly in the scottish dialect is published by william creech including a portrait of burns by alexander nasmyth. the poet has great social success in the city's literary circles. *june 27 - just before midnight, edward gibbon completes the writing of the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire in the small summerhouse in his garden in lausanne, switzerland. *november 21 - franÃ§ois-joseph talma makes his professional stage debut at the comÃ©die-franÃ§aise as seide in voltaire's mahomet. *december 4 - robert burns meets agnes maclehose at a party given by miss erskine nimmo. *king george iii of great britain issues a proclamation for the discouragement of vice which can be used to prosecute obscene publications. *friedrich schiller arrives in weimar. ==new books== *elizabeth bonhÃ´te - olivia, or, the deserted bride *johann wolfgang von goethe - the sorrows of young werther, revised edition *johann jakob wilhelm heinse - ardinghello and die glÃ¼ckseligen inseln *elizabeth helme - louisa; or the cottage on the moor *bernardin de saint-pierre - paul et virginie *scots musical museum, vol. 1 *betje wolff and aagje deken - abraham blankaart ==new drama== *pierre beaumarchais - tarare (opera) *friedrich schiller - don karlos, infant von spanien *royall tyler - the contrast ==new poetry==  ==non-fiction== *thomas best - a concise treatise on the art of angling *mathurin jacques brisson - pesanteur spÃ©cifique des corps *(sir) john fenn (ed.) - the paston letters (original letters, written during the reigns of henry vi, edward iv, and richard iii) *john hawkins - life of samuel johnson *ottobah cugoano - thoughts and sentiments on the evil and wicked traffic of the slavery and commerce of the human species *mary wollstonecraft - thoughts on the education of daughters ==births== *april 26 - ludwig uhland, german poet (died 1862) *november 4 - edmund kean, english actor (died 1833) *november 21 - bryan procter (&
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