1739 in literature

See also: 1738 in literature, other events of 1739, 1740 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

John Wesley and George Whitefield both give their first open-air sermons.

New Books

Ode on the Taking of Khotin from the Turks by Mikhail Lomonosov

Births

November 20 - Jean-Fran�ois de la Harpe, French critic (died 1803)

Deaths

Retrieved from "http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/1739_in_literature"

This page has been accessed 51 times. This page was last modified 21:12, 3 Sep 2004. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details).