See also: 1769 in literature, other events of 1770, 1771 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• None listed

New Books

• An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth - James Beattie
• Poems on Several Occasions - Michael Bruce
• The system of Nature - Baron d'Holbach

Births

• March 20 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet
• April 7 - William Wordsworth
• unknown date - James Hogg

Deaths

• August 24 - Thomas Chatterton (suicide)
• November 1 - Alexander Cruden
• November 24 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault

Awards

• None listed