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- Harriet ButlerHarriet ButlerHarriet Butler was an American tennis player of the end of the 19th century.Notably, she won the US Women's National Championship in 1893 in women's doubles with Aline Terry.-Doubles titles:- Performances at Grand Slams :...
- Vensenshon - Catherine CuthbertsonCatherine CuthbertsonCatherine Cuthbertson was an English-language novelist in the early 19th-century. Among her works were Romance of the Pyrenees , Forest of Montalbano , and The Hut and the Castle: a Romance ....
- Santo Sebastiano - Charlotte DacreCharlotte DacreCharlotte Dacre was an English author of Gothic novels.Most references to her today are under the name Charlotte Dacre, but she first wrote under the pseudonym Rosa Matilda, and later adopted a second pseudonym to tease and confuse her critics...
- ZofloyaZofloyaZofloya; or, The Moor: A Romance of the Fifteenth Century is an 1806 English Gothic novel by Charlotte Dacre, writing as Rosa Matilda. It was her second novel. It was published in three parts, and later collected into a single volume. It was highly criticized during its publication, due to its... - Maria EdgeworthMaria EdgeworthMaria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe...
- LeonoraLeonora (Maria Edgeworth)Leonora is a novel written by Maria Edgeworth and published in 1806.Although Edgeworth is known for having her novels address issues of nationalism in an Anglo-Irish context, Leonora instead privileges English manners over French ones... - Sophia Frances - Vivonio
- William Herbert -The Spanish Outlaw
- Rachel HunterRachel Hunter (author)Rachel Hunter was an English novelist of the early 19th century.-Works:*Letitia, or, The Castle without a Spectre *The History of the Grubthorpe Family...
-Lady Maclairn, The Victim of Villany - Francis LathomFrancis LathomFrancis Lathom was a British gothic novelist and playwright.-Biography:Francis Lathom was born on the 14 July of 1774, either in Rotterdam, Holland, where his father, Henry, conducted business for the East India Company and returning to England around 1777, settling near Norwich, or he was born in...
- The Mysterious Freebooter - Matthew Gregory LewisMatthew Gregory LewisMatthew Gregory Lewis was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his classic Gothic novel, The Monk.-Family:...
- Feudal Tyrants - Lady MorganLady MorganSydney, Lady Morgan , was an Irish novelist, best known as the author of The Wild Irish Girl.-Early life:...
- The Wild Irish GirlThe Wild Irish GirlThe Wild Irish Girl; a National Tale is an epistolary novel written by Irish novelist Sydney Owenson in 1806.-Plot:The Hon. Horatio M———, son of the Earl of M———, is banished to his father's estate on the northwest coast of Connacht as punishment for accumulating large debts... - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - The Heirs of Villeroy
- Louisa StanhopeLouisa StanhopeLouisa Sidney Stanhope was an English novelist of the early 19th century. She wrote mainly historical and Gothic romances.-Novels:*Montbrasil Abbey: or, Maternal Trials...
- Montbrasil Abbey
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- Richard CumberlandRichard Cumberland (dramatist)Richard Cumberland was a British dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived...
- Hint to HusbandsHint to HusbandsHint to Husbands is an 1806 comedy play by the British dramatist Richard Cumberland which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre. The play was not a success and lasted for only five nights.-Bibliography:... - Heinrich von KleistHeinrich von KleistBernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him.- Life :...
- The Broken JugThe Broken JugThe Broken Jug is a comedy written by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist. Kleist first conceived the idea for the play in 1801, upon looking at a copper engraving in Heinrich Zschokke's house entitled "Le juge, ou la cruche cassée." In 1803, challenged over his ability to write comedy,...
(written) - Leandro Fernández de MoratínLeandro Fernández de MoratínLeandro Fernández de Moratín was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet.-Biography:Moratín was born in Madrid the son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, a major literary reformer in Spain from 1762 until his death in 1780.Distrusting the teaching offered in Spain's universities at...
- The Maidens' Consent (first performed)
Poetry
- JaneJane Taylor (poet)Jane Taylor , was an English poet and novelist. She wrote the words for the song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in 1806 at age 23, while living in Shilling Street, Lavenham, Suffolk....
& Ann TaylorAnn Taylor (poet)Ann Taylor was an English poet and literary critic. In her youth she was a writer of verse for children, for which she achieved long-lasting popularity. In the years immediately preceding her marriage, she became an astringent literary critic of growing reputation...
- Rhymes for the Nursery
Non-fiction
- J. C. Adelung - Mithridates, a History of Language and Dialects
- Johann Gottlieb FichteJohann Gottlieb FichteJohann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher. He was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a movement that developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant...
- Bericht über die Wissenschaftslehre - James MadisonJames MadisonJames Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...
- An Examination of the British Doctrine which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade not Open in Time of Peace
Births
- February 1 - Jane Williams (Ysgafell)Jane Williams (Ysgafell)Jane Williams , was a Welsh writer, often known by her bardic name of Ysgafell. She is sometimes confused with her contemporary, Maria Jane Williams....
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poet, folklorist and historian (d. 1885)
- March 6 - Elizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett BrowningElizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband, Robert Browning, shortly after her death.-Early life:Members...
, poet (d. 1861) - April 17 - William Gilmore SimmsWilliam Gilmore SimmsWilliam Gilmore Simms was a poet, novelist and historian from the American South. His writings achieved great prominence during the 19th century, with Edgar Allan Poe pronouncing him the best novelist America had ever produced...
, author (d. 1870) - May 20 - John Stuart MillJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of...
, philosopher (d. 1873) - July 20 - John SterlingJohn Sterling (author)John Sterling , was a British author.He was born at Kames Castle on the Isle of Bute. He belonged to a family of Scottish origin which had settled in Ireland during the Cromwellian period...
, author (d. 1844) - August 31 - Charles LeverCharles LeverCharles James Lever was an Irish novelist.-Biography:Lever was born in Dublin, the second son of James Lever, an architect and builder, and was educated in private schools. His escapades at Trinity College, Dublin , where he took the degree in medicine in 1831, are drawn on for the plots of some...
, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1872)
Deaths
- February 12 - Gabriel-Henri GaillardGabriel-Henri GaillardGabriel-Henri Gaillard , French historian, was born at Ostel, Picardy.He was educated for the bar, but after finishing his studies adopted a literary career, ultimately devoting his chief attention to history...
, French historian - February 24 - Collin d'HarlevilleCollin d'HarlevilleJean-François Collin d'Harleville was a French dramatist.He was born at Mévoisins . His first dramatic success was L'Inconstant, a comedy accepted by the Comédie Française in 1780, but not produced there until six years later, though it was played elsewhere in 1784...
, French dramatist - March 3 - Heinrich Christian BoieHeinrich Christian BoieHeinrich Christian Boie was a German author.He was born at Meldorf in Holstein...
, German poet and editor - April 4 - Carlo GozziCarlo GozziCarlo, Count Gozzi was an Italian playwright.Born in Venice, he came from an old Venetian family from the Republic of Ragusa...
, Venetian dramatist - October 19 - Henry Kirke WhiteHenry Kirke WhiteHenry Kirke White was an English poet, who died at a young age.White was born in Nottingham, the son of a butcher, a trade for which he was himself intended. However, he was greatly attracted to book-learning...
, poet - October 28 - Charlotte Turner SmithCharlotte Turner SmithCharlotte Turner Smith was an English Romantic poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the conventions of Gothic fiction, and wrote political novels of sensibility....
, poet and novelist - November 23 - Sir Roger NewdigateRoger NewdigateSir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet was an English politician and collector of antiquities.He was born in Arbury, Warwickshire, the son of Sir Richard Newdigate, 3rd Baronet and inherited the title 5th Baronet and the estates of Arbury and of Harefield in Middlesex on the early death of his brother...
, founder of the Newdigate prizeNewdigate prizeSir Roger Newdigate's Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has been admitted to Oxford within the previous four years. It was founded by Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt in the 18th century...