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EVENTS
October 15
- While visiting
Rome
,
Edward Gibbon
observes a group of barefoot friars singing vespers in the ruined Temple of
Jupiter
, a sight which inspires him to begin work on a history that will be published as ''
The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
''.
The ''
Hartford Courant
'' begins publication.
NEW BOOKS
''
Bywyd A Marwolaeth Theomemphus
'' (
Welsh Language
) -
William Williams Pantycelyn
''
The Castle Of Otranto
'' -
Horace Walpole
'''' -
Edward Jerningham
''
Philosophic Dictionary
'' -
Voltaire
''
The Surprises Of Love
'' -
John Cleland
BIRTHS
February 11
-
Joseph Chénier
, French poet (+ 1811)
April 20
-
Rudolph Ackermann
, publisher
July 9
-
Ann Radcliffe
DEATHS
September 23
-
Robert Dodsley
November 4
-
Charles Churchill
, poet and satirist