1740 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1740.
Events
New books
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- February 15 – Juan Andrés, Spanish historian (died 1817)
- June 2 – Marquis de Sade, French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer (died 1814)
- June 6 – Louis-Sébastien Mercier, French dramatist and writer (died j1814)
- June 27 – James Woodforde, English diarist and cleric (died 1803)
- August 18 – Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi, Italian philologist (died 1782)
- September 2 – Johann Georg Jacobi, German poet (died 1814)
- September 12 – Johann Heinrich Jung (Heinrich Stilling), German novelist and autobiographer (died 1817)
- September 17 – John Cartwright, English political reformer and naval officer (died 1824)
- October 29 – James Boswell, Scottish diarist, writer and autobiographer (died 1795)
- November 4 – Augustus Montague Toplady, English poet, theologian and hymnist (died 1778)
- November 21 – Charlotte Baden, Danish feminist and letter-writer (died 1824)
- Unknown dates
- Probable
Deaths
- January – John Adams, American poet (born 1704)[4]
- April 12 – Samson Morpurgo, Italian rabbi, physician, and liturgist (born 1681)
- April 23 – Thomas Tickell, English poet and man of letters (born 1685)
- May 15 – Ephraim Chambers, English writer and encyclopedist (born c. 1680)
- June 1 – Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (born 1657)
- June 5 – Johann Georg Abicht, German theologian (born 1672)
- July 20 – Joseph Sparke, English antiquary and editor (born 1683)
- October 5 – Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (born 1721)
- December 23 – Daniel Waterland, English theologian (born 1683)
Notes and References
- Book: Hal Gladfelder. Fanny Hill in Bombay: The Making and Unmaking of John Cleland. 16 April 2012. JHU Press. 978-1-4214-0526-1. 1747.
- Book: Sale, William M. . Samuel Richardson: Master Printer . registration . Ithaca, NY . Cornell University Press . 1950.
- Fiona. Ritchie. Shakespeare and the Eighteenth-Century Actress. Borrowers and Lenders. 2. 2. 2006. 2023-12-29.
- Book: Jeremiah Spofford. A Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of Massachusetts. 1860. E. G. Frothingham. 83.