events and publications of 1759. By January 15 – Voltaire's satirical novella Candide, ou l'Optimisme is published simultaneously in five countries. January...

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Diderot 1758 in literature – Voltaire buys his estate at Ferney; The Idler by Samuel Johnson; Le Père de famille by Denis Diderot 1759 in literature – Candide...

English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1...

opera. Castrato Gaspare Pacchierotti makes his debut at the Perugia carnival, in a female role. Tommaso Traetta becomes court composer at Parma. None listed...

The year 1759 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Work begins on Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, designed...

The table of years in literature is a tabular display of all years in literature for overview and quick navigation to any year. Contents: 2000s ·1900s...

death of King George II of Great Britain, the era of Augustan literature that started in 1702 is considered to be at an end. James Beattie becomes a professor...

and Anglo-Norman literature, where literature in these languages relate to the early development of the English language and literature. There is also some...

Samuel Johnson begins publishing a series of essays, The Idler (1758–1760), in the Universal Chronicle. April 24 – Robert Dodsley and his brother James sign...

melarance (The Love for Three Oranges) Il corvo (The Raven) Arthur Murphy All in the Wrong The Citizen The Old Maid John Armstrong – A Day: An epistle to John...

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1759 to Wales and its people. Lord Lieutenant of North Wales (Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey...

Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland...

Beginning of the Seven Years' War in Europe. June 20 – The Black Hole of Calcutta incident inspires renewed British efforts in India. October 29 – Frances Abington...

Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the years 1700–1799. European literature of the 18th century refers to literature...

Forster (1990). Index to Book Reviews in England, 1749-1774. SIU Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8093-1406-5. Women & Literature. Transaction Periodicals Consortium...

first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The...

Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy (1759–67) and A Sentimental Journey (1768), Henry Brooke's The Fool of Quality...

Events from the year 1759 in art. Thomas Gainsborough and his family move to Bath, England. Giambettino Cignaroli – Death of Cato Thomas Gainsborough...

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). August 12 — Battle of Kunersdorf (Seven...

literature (for instance, Irish or France). John Brown, On Liberty William Collins: Ode Occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Thomson, James Thomson died in...

Peg Woffington, playing Rosalind in As You Like It, suffers a stroke on stage at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London and never acts again. May...

University of Edinburgh by King George III, the first such chair in English literature. June 19 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract (Du Contrat...

The year 1759 in science and technology involved several significant events. Halley's Comet returns; a team of three mathematicians, Alexis Clairaut,...

achieve its war aims. In 1759, Britain enjoyed an Annus Mirabilis, with success over the French on the continent (Germany), in North America (capturing...

In literature, Romanticism found recurrent themes in the evocation or criticism of the past, the cult of "sensibility" with its emphasis on women and children...

English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6. Day, Gary; Lynch, Jack (9 March 2015). The Encyclopedia of British Literature, 3 Volume...

book as well as Masonic symbols. Emerging Romanticism in the 18th century Joseph Vernet, 1759, Shipwreck; the 18th-century "sublime" Joseph Wright, 1774...

the literary events and publications of 1754. January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity (from the Persian fairy...

Augustan literature (sometimes referred to misleadingly as Georgian literature) is a style of British literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne...