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...

events occurred in the year 1759. Work begins on Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, designed by John Carr and Robert Adam. Dumfries House in Scotland, designed...

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

Channel Islands. This article covers British literature in the English language. Anglo-Saxon (Old English) literature is included, and there is some discussion...

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...

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...

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...

of German Literature. Routledge. p. 1357. ISBN 9781135941291. Retrieved 24 March 2019. Kellgren, Johan Henrik (1838). Samlade skrifter (in Swedish). N...

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...

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...

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...

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

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 presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1767. January 29 – The former watchmaker and entrepreneur Pierre Beaumarchais has...

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...

Vingtième. February–August – Voltaire's Candide (1759) is held to be obscene by the United States Customs Service in Boston. February – The first of Margery Allingham's...

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...

is mostly written by Samuel Johnson. March 5 – Shakespeare's Richard II (in Colley Cibber's version) is presented at their theatre on Nassau Street (Manhattan)...

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

exile in France, is elected to the Parliament of Great Britain. May 10 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for attacking King George III of Great Britain in print...

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...

 1153–. Charles Moser (30 April 1992). The Cambridge History of Russian Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-521-42567-4. "Supplement...

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

Massachusetts to Nova Scotia, Canada, begins the earliest recorded diary by a woman in North America. February 1 – Christopher Smart makes his last contribution...

Sturm und Drang movement in German literature. Henry Brooke – The Fool of Quality (volume one; the fifth and last appeared in 1770) Madame Riccoboni –...