See also: 1756 in literature, other events of 1757, 1758 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Jonathan Edwards becomes President of the institution that would later become Princeton University.
• Pierre-Augustin Caron changes his name to Beaumarchais.
• Robert Raikes becomes proprietor of the Gloucester Journal.
• Thomas Gray turns down the post of Poet Laureate of Great Britain.
• Thomas Warton is appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford

New Books

• Douglas (play) - John Home
• The Natural History of Religion - David Hume
• Odes - Thomas Gray
• Essay on Pope - Joseph Warton

Births

• November 13 - Archibald Alison (Scottish author)
• November 18 - William Blake

Deaths

• March 1 - Edward Moore, dramatist
• unknown date - Colley Cibber, Poet Laureate