1751 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1750 in literature, other events of 1751, 1752 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• Amelia - Henry Fielding
• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=elcc) - Thomas Gray
• The History of Pompey the Little - Francis Coventry
• Memoirs of a Coxcomb - John Cleland

Births

• February 20 - Johann Heinrich Voss
• October 20 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Deaths

• October 26 - Philip Doddridge
• December 12 - Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke