1768 in literature - Definition

See also: 1767 in literature, other events of 1768, 1769 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for attacking King George III in print.
• Thomas Gray succeeds Lawrence Brockett as Regis Professor of History at Cambridge.
• The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time.
• First production of Oliver Goldsmith's The Good-natur'd Man.

New Books

• An Account of Corsica - James Boswell
• Poems - Thomas Gray
• A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy - Laurence Sterne

Births

• September 4 : François-René de Chateaubriand

Deaths

• March 18 : Laurence Sterne
• December 20 : Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni