1769 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1768 in literature, other events of 1769, 1770 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Thomas Chatterton sends "Rowley"'s History of England to Horace Walpole.

New Books

• The Brothers (comedy) - Richard Cumberland
• The Fatal Discovery (play) - John Home
• The History of Emily Montague - Frances Brooke (the first novel written in Canada)

Births

• February 9 - Susette Gontard, lover of German poet Friedrich Hölderlin
• May 21 - John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author
• November 12 - Amelia Opie

Deaths