1791 in literature - Definition

See also: 1790 in literature, other events of 1791, 1792 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge begins his course at Jesus College, Cambridge.

New Books

• Life of Johnson - James Boswell
• A Simple Story - Elizabeth Inchbald
• The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
• Celestina - Charlotte Turner Smith

Births

• March 15 - Charles Knight, publisher and author

Deaths

• January 11 - William Williams Pantycelyn, hymn-writer and poet
• March 2 - John Wesley

Awards