1796 in literature

See also: 1795 in literature, other events of 1796, 1797 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

The Watchman (periodical) - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Letter to a Noble Lord - Edmund Burke
Camilla - Fanny Burney
Memoirs of My Life and Writings - Edward Gibbon

Births

January 4 - Henry George Bohn, publisher
September 19 - Hartley Coleridge
July 15 - Thomas Bulfinch, American author

Deaths

July 21 - Robert Burns

Awards

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