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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1789.

Events

January 22 – William Hill Brown's anonymous sentimental epistolary novel The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston.^[1]
February 7 – Première of John Philip Kemble's production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus with himself in the title rôle and his sister Sarah Siddons as Volumnia, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.^[2]
May 21 – Tomás António Gonzaga is arrested for complicity in the Inconfidência Mineira in Brazil.^[3]
May 26 – Friedrich Schiller gives his first lecture as professor of history and philosophy at Jena.^[4]
November 1 – Robert Burns informs friends that he has been appointed an exciseman in Scotland.^[5]
December – Première of Olympe de Gouges's abolitionist play Zamore et Mirza (written 1784; published 1788) as L'Esclavage des nègres ("Slavery of the negroes"); shut down after three performances.
December 24 – The literary Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras (born 1744) is arrested by radicals of the French Revolution, charged with plotting to help King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette escape from the country. When convicted of treason and handed his official death sentence by the court clerk, he reads it, shakes his head and says: "I see you have made three spelling mistakes."^[6]
December 28 – Première of Anton Tomaž Linhart's comedy Županova Micka ("Micka, the Mayor's Daughter", an adaptation of Joseph Richter's Die Feldmühle), the first theatrical work in Slovene.^[7]
unknown dates
- Publication in Calcutta of Sir William Jones's Śacontalā, or the fatal ring: an Indian drama, a translation of Kālidāsa's 4th/5th century play Abhijñānaśākuntalam, the first translation of a classical Indian drama into a Western language.^[8]
- The Children's Magazine, the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months.

New books

Fiction

Elizabeth Bonhôte – Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy
William Hill Brown – The Power of Sympathy.
Richard Cumberland – Arundel
Ann Radcliffe – The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
Friedrich Schiller – The Ghost-Seer (Der Geisterseher), publication concluded
James White – Earl Strongbow

Children

François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil – Petit Jacques et Georgette, ou les Petits montagnards auvergnats (Little Jacques and Georgette, or the Little Mountain Dwellers of Auvergne)

Drama

George Colman
- The Battle of Hexham
- The Family Party
Henry Seymour Conway – False Appearances
Richard Cumberland – The School for Widows
William Hayley – Marcella
Elizabeth Inchbald – The Married Man
John O'Keeffe –The Toy
Frederick Reynolds – The Dramatist
John St John – Mary, Queen of Scots
Ann Yearsley – Earl Goodwin

Poetry

William Blake – Songs of Innocence
William Lisle Bowles – Sonnets
Erasmus Darwin – The Loves of the Plants

Non-fiction

Jeremy Bentham – An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (publication year, printed in 1780)
Olaudah Equiano – The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès – What Is the Third Estate? (Qu'est-ce que le tiers-état?)

Births

January 11 – John Payne Collier, English Shakespearean critic and forger (died 1883)
May 28 – Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Danish historical novelist, playwright and poet (died 1862)
September 1 – Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Irish novelist and literary hostess (died 1849)
November 15 – James Scholefield, English classical scholar (died 1853)
September 15 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (died 1851)
December 28 – Catharine Sedgwick, American novelist (died 1867)

Deaths

January 21 – Baron d'Holbach, German-born French author, philosopher and encyclopedist (born 1723)^[9]
January 23 – John Cleland, English novelist, biographer and translator (born 1709)^[10]
May 21 – Sir John Hawkins, English writer and biographer (born 1719)
June 28 – John Walters, Welsh poet (born 1760)
October 19 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet and playwright (born 1721)

References

^ New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff (June 1997). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 46 1892. Heritage Books. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7884-0651-5.
^ Furness, H. H., ed. (1928). The Tragedie of Coriolanus. Philadelphia: Lippincott. p. 727. ISBN 9780742653016.
^ AnaClaudiaSurianiDa Silva (5 July 2017). Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768-1930. Taylor & Francis. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-351-57331-3.
^ Steven D. Martinson (2005). A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller. Boydell & Brewer. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-57113-183-6.
^ Robert Burns (1879). The Works of Robert Burns: Prose. W. Paterson. p. 264.
^ Terry Breverton (29 March 2012). Immortal Last Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them. Quercus. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-85738-309-9.
^ Fallon, Steve (2010). "The Culture: Arts". Slovenia (6th ed.). Lonely Planet. pp. 47–48. ISBN 9781741048575.
^ Phoebe Gibbes (2007). Hartly House, Calcutta. Oxford University Press. p. xxxviii. ISBN 978-0-19-568564-0.
^ Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Gale Research Company. 1991. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8103-6113-3.
^ "John Cleland - British author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[1] New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff (June 1997). The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 46 1892. Heritage Books. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7884-0651-5.

[2] Furness, H. H., ed. (1928). The Tragedie of Coriolanus. Philadelphia: Lippincott. p. 727. ISBN 9780742653016.

[3] AnaClaudiaSurianiDa Silva (5 July 2017). Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768-1930. Taylor & Francis. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-351-57331-3.

[Martinson2005-4] Steven D. Martinson (2005). A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller. Boydell & Brewer. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-57113-183-6.

[5] Robert Burns (1879). The Works of Robert Burns: Prose. W. Paterson. p. 264.

[6] Terry Breverton (29 March 2012). Immortal Last Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them. Quercus. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-85738-309-9.

[7] Fallon, Steve (2010). "The Culture: Arts". Slovenia (6th ed.). Lonely Planet. pp. 47–48. ISBN 9781741048575.

[Gibbes2007-8] Phoebe Gibbes (2007). Hartly House, Calcutta. Oxford University Press. p. xxxviii. ISBN 978-0-19-568564-0.

[9] Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Gale Research Company. 1991. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8103-6113-3.

[10] "John Cleland - British author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

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-This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during '''1789'''.
+This article contains information about the literary events and publications of '''1789'''.
 ==Events==
-*[[January 21]] - [[William Hill Brown]]'s anonymous sentimental [[epistolary novel]] ''[[The Power of Sympathy|The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature]]'', usually considered the first American novel, is published in [[Boston]].
+*[[January 22]] – [[William Hill Brown]]'s anonymous sentimental [[epistolary novel]] ''[[The Power of Sympathy|The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature]]'', usually considered the first American novel, is published in [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite book|author=New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff|title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 46 1892|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aD9bVaX9HdIC&pg=PA82|date=June 1997|publisher=Heritage Books|isbn=978-0-7884-0651-5|pages=82}}</ref>
-*[[February 7]] - Première of [[John Philip Kemble]]'s production of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Coriolanus]]'' with himself in the title rôle and his sister [[Sarah Siddons]] as [[Volumnia]], at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] in London.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Furness, H. H.|title=The Tragedie of Coriolanus|year=1928|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Lippincott|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J9K_9Lqmg0YC&pg=PA727&lpg=PA727&dq=Siddons+volumnia+1789&source=bl&ots=fN4Xb-2Dd8&sig=xA_XALNGuyX73qOTf99hPVBOLT0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KiIVVenvB8yP7AaH94GIBA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Siddons%20volumnia%201789&f=false|page=727}}</ref>
+*[[February 7]] – Première of [[John Philip Kemble]]'s production of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Coriolanus]]'' with himself in the title rôle and his sister [[Sarah Siddons]] as [[Volumnia]], at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]] in London.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Furness, H. H. |title=The Tragedie of Coriolanus |year=1928 |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Lippincott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9K_9Lqmg0YC&dq=Siddons+volumnia+1789&pg=PA727 |page=727|isbn=9780742653016 }}</ref>
+*[[May 21]] – [[Tomás António Gonzaga]] is arrested for complicity in the [[Inconfidência Mineira]] in [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite book|author=AnaClaudiaSurianiDa Silva|title=Books and Periodicals in Brazil 1768-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IzorDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31|date=5 July 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-57331-3|pages=31}}</ref>
-*December - Première of [[Olympe de Gouges]]'s [[Abolitionism in France|abolitionist]] play ''Zamore et Mirza'' (written 1784; published 1788) as ''L'Esclavage des nègres'' ("Slavery of the negroes"); shut down after three performances.
-*[[December 28]] - Première of [[Anton Tomaž Linhart]]'s comedy ''Županova Micka'' ("Micka, the Mayor's Daughter", an adaptation of Joseph Richter's ''Die Feldmühle''), the first theatrical work in the [[Slovene language]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fallon|first=Steve|title=Slovenia|chapter=The Culture: Arts|publisher=Lonely Planet|year=2010|edition=6th|pages=47–48|url=http://books.google.si/books?id=G-fhHozQvoMC&pg=PA47|isbn=9781741048575}}</ref>
+*[[May 26]] – [[Friedrich Schiller]] gives his first lecture as professor of history and philosophy at [[Jena]].<ref name="Martinson2005">{{cite book|author=Steven D. Martinson|title=A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qD8E6XsDIm8C&pg=PA169|year=2005|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-57113-183-6|pages=169}}</ref>
+*[[November 1]] – [[Robert Burns]] informs friends that he has been appointed an [[exciseman]] in Scotland.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Burns|title=The Works of Robert Burns: Prose |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NFPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA264|year=1879|publisher=W. Paterson|pages=264}}</ref>
-* Publication in [[Calcutta]] of Sir [[William Jones (philologist)|William Jones]]'s ''Śacontalā, or the fatal ring: an Indian drama'', a translation of [[Kālidāsa]]'s 4th/5th century play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'', the first translation of a classical Indian drama into a Western language.
+*December – Première of [[Olympe de Gouges]]'s [[Abolitionism in France|abolitionist]] play ''Zamore et Mirza'' (written 1784; published 1788) as ''L'Esclavage des nègres'' ("Slavery of the negroes"); shut down after three performances.
-* [[Robert Burns]] is appointed an [[exciseman]] in Scotland.
+*[[December 24]] – The literary [[Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras]] (born 1744) is arrested by radicals of the [[French Revolution]], charged with plotting to help [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]] and [[Marie Antoinette]] escape from the country. When convicted of treason and handed his official death sentence by the court clerk, he reads it, shakes his head and says: "I see you have made three spelling mistakes."<ref>{{cite book|author=Terry Breverton|title=Immortal Last Words: History's Most Memorable Quotations and the Stories Behind Them|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1L5gBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT150|date=29 March 2012|publisher=Quercus|isbn=978-0-85738-309-9|pages=150}}</ref>
-* [[Tomás António Gonzaga]] is arrested for complicity in the [[Inconfidência Mineira]] in [[Brazil]].
+*[[December 28]] – Première of [[Anton Tomaž Linhart]]'s comedy ''Županova Micka'' ("Micka, the Mayor's Daughter", an adaptation of Joseph Richter's ''Die Feldmühle''), the first theatrical work in [[Slovene language|Slovene]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Fallon |first=Steve |title=Slovenia |chapter=The Culture: Arts |publisher=Lonely Planet |year=2010 |edition=6th |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741048575/page/47 47]–48 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781741048575|url-access=registration |isbn=9781741048575}}</ref>
-* [[Friedrich Schiller]] is appointed professor of history and philosophy at [[Jena]].
+*''unknown dates''
-* ''The Children's Magazine'', the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months.
+**Publication in [[Calcutta]] of Sir [[William Jones (philologist)|William Jones]]'s ''Śacontalā, or the fatal ring: an Indian drama'', a translation of [[Kālidāsa]]'s 4th/5th century play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'', the first translation of a classical Indian drama into a Western language.<ref name="Gibbes2007">{{cite book|author=Phoebe Gibbes|title=Hartly House, Calcutta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZkLAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-568564-0|page=xxxviii}}</ref>
+**''The Children's Magazine'', the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months.
 ==New books==
+===Fiction===
-*[[Elizabeth Bonhôte]] - ''[[Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy]]''
-*[[William Hill Brown]] - ''[[The Power of Sympathy]]''.
+*[[Elizabeth Bonhôte]] – ''Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy''
+*[[William Hill Brown]] – ''[[The Power of Sympathy]]''.
-*[[Richard Cumberland (dramatist)|Richard Cumberland]] - ''[[Arundel (novel)|Arundel]]''
+*[[Richard Cumberland (dramatist)|Richard Cumberland]] – ''Arundel''
-*[[Ann Radcliffe]] - ''[[The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne]]''
+*[[Ann Radcliffe]] – ''[[The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne]]''
-*[[Friedrich Schiller]] - ''[[The Ghost-Seer]]'' (''Der Geisterseher''), publication concluded
+*[[Friedrich Schiller]] – ''[[The Ghost-Seer]]'' (''Der Geisterseher''), publication concluded
-*[[James White (writer and translator)|James White]] - ''[[Earl Strongbow]]''
+*[[James White (writer and translator)|James White]] – ''Earl Strongbow''
-==New drama==
+===Children===
+*[[François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil]] – ''Petit Jacques et Georgette, ou les Petits montagnards auvergnats'' (Little Jacques and Georgette, or the Little Mountain Dwellers of Auvergne)
-*[[Elizabeth Inchbald]] - ''The Married Man''
-*[[Ann Yearsley]] - ''[[Earl Goodwin]]''
-==New poetry==
+===Drama===
+* [[George Colman the Younger|George Colman]]
+** ''[[The Battle of Hexham]]''
+** ''[[The Family Party (play)|The Family Party]]''
+* [[Henry Seymour Conway]] – ''[[False Appearances]]''
+* [[Richard Cumberland (dramatist)|Richard Cumberland]] – ''[[The School for Widows]]''
+*[[William Hayley]] – ''[[Marcella (play)|Marcella]]''
+*[[Elizabeth Inchbald]] – ''[[The Married Man]]''
+*[[John O'Keeffe (writer)|John O'Keeffe]] –''[[The Toy (play)|The Toy]]''
+* [[Frederick Reynolds (writer)|Frederick Reynolds]] – ''[[The Dramatist]]''
+*   [[John St John (died 1793)|John St John]] – ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (play)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]''
+*[[Ann Yearsley]] – ''Earl Goodwin''
+===Poetry===
 {{main|1789 in poetry}}
-*[[William Blake]] - ''[[Songs of Innocence]]''
+*[[William Blake]] – ''[[Songs of Innocence]]''
-*[[William Lisle Bowles]] - ''[[Sonnets]]''
+*[[William Lisle Bowles]] – ''[[Sonnets]]''
-*[[Erasmus Darwin]] - ''[[The Loves of the Plants]]''
+*[[Erasmus Darwin]] – ''[[The Loves of the Plants]]''
-==Non-fiction==
+===Non-fiction===
+*[[Jeremy Bentham]] – ''An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation'' (publication year, printed in 1780)
-*[[Olaudah Equiano]] - ''[[The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano]]''
+*[[Olaudah Equiano]] – ''[[The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano]]''
-*[[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès]] - ''[[What Is the Third Estate?]]'' (''Qu'est-ce que le tiers-état?'')
+*[[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès]] – ''[[What Is the Third Estate?]]'' (''Qu'est-ce que le tiers-état?'')
 ==Births==
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 ==Deaths==
-*[[January 21]] – [[Baron d'Holbach]], German-born French author, philosopher and encyclopedist (born [[1723 in literature|1723]])
+*[[January 21]] – [[Baron d'Holbach]], German-born French author, philosopher and encyclopedist (born [[1723 in literature|1723]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b71kAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-6113-3|page=147}}</ref>
-*[[January 23]] – [[John Cleland]], English novelist, biographer and translator (born [[1709 in literature|1709]])
+*[[January 23]] – [[John Cleland]], English novelist, biographer and translator (born [[1709 in literature|1709]])<ref>{{cite web|title=John Cleland - British author|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Cleland|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
+*[[May 21]] – Sir [[John Hawkins (author)|John Hawkins]], English writer and biographer (born [[1719 in literature|1719]])
 *[[June 28]] – [[John Walters (priest and poet)|John Walters]], Welsh poet (born [[1760 in literature|1760]])
+*[[October 19]] – [[Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken]], Dutch poet and playwright (born [[1721 in literature|1721]])
 ==References==
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+{{Year in literature article categories}}
-[[Category:1789|Literature]]
-[[Category:Years in literature]]
+[[Category:1789 books]]
 [[Category:Years of the 18th century in literature]]