1816 in literature - Definition

See also: 1815 in literature, other events of 1816, 1817 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Abbess of Valtiera - Agnes Lancaster
• The Antiquary - Sir Walter Scott
• Brougham Castle - Jane Harvey
• Chronicles of an Illustrious House - Anne Hatton
• Craig Melrose Abbey - Henrietta Roviere
• Emma - Jane Austen
• English Quaker - John Hoyland
• Glenarvon - Caroline Lamb
• Headlong Hall - Thomas Love Peacock
• Ilderim, a Syrian Tale - Henry Gally Knight
• The Itching Parrot - Jose Joaquin Fernandez De Lizardi
• Kubla Khan (written in 1797) and Christabel - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• The Maid of Moscow - Barbara Hofland
• The Original of the Miniature - Selina Davenport
• The Orphan of Tintern Abbey - Sophia F.Ziegenhirt
• Owen Castle - Ann Sullivan
• The Reformist - Sarah Green
• Statesman's Manual - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Births

• April 21- Charlotte Brontë (+ 1855)

Deaths

• February 22 - Adam Ferguson, philosopher
• July 7 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Awards