1805 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1804 in literature, other events of 1805, 1806 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Friedrich Schiller introduces his new play, Wilhelm Tell
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge appointed Acting Public Secretary in Malta

New Books

• The Bravo of Venice - Matthew Gregory Lewis
• The Child of the Abbey - Sophia Woodfall
• The Chronicles of Christabelle de Mowbray - Elizabeth Helme
• Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer - Charlotte Dacre
• Gondez the Monk - William Henry Ireland
• The Lay of the Last Minstrel (poetry) - Sir Walter Scott
• The Modern Griselda - Maria Edgeworth
• My Master's Secret - R. P. M. Yorke
• The Nuns of the Desert - Eugenia de Acton
• The Pilgrims of the Cross - Elisabeth Helme
• Rameau's Nephew - Denis Diderot
• Rhymes on Art - Sir Martin Archer Shee
• A Sailor's Friendship, and A Soldier's Love - Anna Maria Porter
• The Saracen - Sophie Ristaud Cottin
• Villa Nova - Catherine Selden
• The Witcheries of Craig Isaf - William Frederick Williams
• The Witches of Glenshiel - Mary Julia Young
• The Wonder of the Village - Mary Meeke

Births

• February 4 - William Harrison Ainsworth, novelist (+ 1882)
• April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen, writer (+ 1875)
• July 29 - Alexis de Tocqueville, writer (+ 1859)
• August 29 - Frederick Maurice, theologian and novelist

Deaths

• March 29 - Jean Elliot, Scottish poet
• May 9 - Friedrich Schiller, German playwright
• May 25 - William Paley, philosopher
• June 18 - Arthur Murphy, who wrote as "Charles Ranger"
• July 27 - Brian Merriman, Irish language poet
• August 3 - Christopher Anstey, poet
• September 3 - Johann Martin Abele, publisher

Awards