1789 in literature - Definition

See also: 1788 in literature, other events of 1789, 1790 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Friedrich Schiller is appointed professor of history and philosophy at Jena

New Books

• Arundel (novel) - Richard Cumberland
• The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Ann Radcliffe
• Earl Strongbow - James White
• Songs of Innocence - William Blake
• Sonnets - William Bowles
• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African - Olaudah Equiano

Births

• January 11 - John Payne Collier
• November 15 - James Scholefield
• December 28 – Catharine Sedgwick, American writer (d. 1867)

Deaths

• Baron d'Holbach