1828 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1827 in literature, other events of 1828, 1829 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• The first volume of John James Audubon's 10-volume The Birds of America is published.
• Noah Webster publishes his 70,000 word American Dictionary of the English Language.

New Books

• Africa Described, in Its Ancient and Present State - Barbara Hofland
• The Ambassador's Secretary - Jane Harvey
• The Collegians - Gerald Griffin
• The Fair Maid of Perth - Sir Walter Scott
• Italian Vengeance and English Forbearance - Selina Davenport
• De Lisle - Elizabeth Caroline Grey
• The Mummy! - Jane C. Loudon
• Rachel Dyer - John Neal
• The Red Barn - Robert Huish
• Ulrica of Saxony - Rosalia St. Clair
• Uncle Peregrine's Heiress - Anne Hatton

Births

• February 8 - Jules Verne (d. 1905)
• February 12 - George Meredith (d. 1909)
• April 4 - Margaret Oliphant (d. 1897)
• September 9 - Leo Tolstoy (d. 1910)
• May 12 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti (d. 1882)

Deaths

• June 21 - Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist & poet

Awards