See also: 1783 in literature, other events of 1784, 1785 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• Gottlieb Jakob Planck becomes professor of theology at Göttingen

New Books

• Sketches of History - William Godwin
• The Follies of the Day - Thomas Holcroft's translation of Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro
• Sur l'universalité de la langue française - Antoine de Rivarol

Births

• January 31 - Bernard Barton, poet
• May 18 - William Tennant, Scottish poet
• date unknown - Antoine Ó Raifteiri, "last of the wandering bards"

Deaths

• December 13 - Samuel Johnson

Awards