1806 in literature

See also: 1805 in literature, other events of 1806, 1807 in literature, list of years in literature. \n

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

\n* Noah Webster publishes his first English dictionary.

New Books

\n*The Anglo-Saxons - Leslie Armstrong\n*The Castle of Tynemouth - Jane Harvey\n*Feudal Tyrants - Matthew Gregory Lewis\n*The Heirs of Villeroy - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse\n*Lady Maclairn, The Victim of Villany - Rachel Hunter\n*Leonora - Maria Edgeworth\n*Montbrasil Abbey - Louisa Stanhope\n*The Mysterious Freebooter - Francis Lathom\n*Santo Sebastiano - Catherine Cuthbertson\n*The Spanish Outlaw - William Herbert\n*Vensenshon - Harriet Butler\n*Vivonio - Sophia Frances\n*Zofloya - Charlotte Dacre

Births

\n* March 6 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (+ 1861)\n* April 17 - William Gilmore Simms, author (+ 1870)\n* July 20 - John Sterling, author\n* August 31 - Charles Lever, Anglo-Irish novelist (+ 1872) \n

Deaths

\n* April 4 - Carlo Gozzi, Venetian dramatist

Awards

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