1794 in literature - Definition

See also: 1793 in literature, other events of 1794, 1795 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Robert Southey's first collection of poetry is published.
• Thomas Holcroft is indicted for treason as a member of the Society for Constitutional Information, but is released without charge.
• Ludwig Tieck graduates and begins his literary career.

New Books

• Caleb Williams - William Godwin
• Memoirs of my own Life - Edward Gibbon
• The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
• The Baviad - William Gifford
• The Jew (comedy) - Richard Cumberland
• The Mysteries of Udolpho -Ann Radcliffe
• The Pursuits of Literature - Thomas James Mathias
• The Travels of Dean Mahomet - Dean Mahomed
• View of the Evidences of Christianity - William Paley
• Caton d'Utique (play)- François Juste Marie Raynouard

Births

• May 17 - Anna Brownell Jameson
• May 24 - William Whewell

Deaths

• January 16 - Edward Gibbon
• April 13 - Nicolas Chamfort
• April 27 - Sir William Jones (philologist)
• June 3 - Girolamo Tiraboschi
• June 8 - Gottfried August Bürger
• July 24 - Jean-Antoine Roucher and André Chénier, French poets (guillotined)

Awards