1756 in literature - Definition

See also: 1755 in literature, other events of 1756, 1757 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Gilbert White becomes curate of Selborne, Hampshire.
• Tobias Smollett becomes editor of the Literary Review
• Frances Abington joins the Drury Lane theatre company

New Books

• Athelstane (play) by John Brown (essayist)
• Douglas (play) by John Home
• Life of John Buncle by Thomas Amory
• Primæ lineæ isagoges in eruditionem universalem by Johann Matthias Gesner

Births

• March 3 - William Godwin
• November 2 - Pierre Laromiguière, philosopher
• unknown date - Thomas Burgess
• (probable) - Mary Robinson (poet)

Deaths

• February 25 - Eliza Haywood