This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1826.
Events
*Early months – Aftermath of the
Decembrist revolt
The Decembrist Revolt ( ru , Восстание декабристов, translit = Vosstaniye dekabristov , translation = Uprising of the Decembrists) took place in Russia on , during the interregnum following the sudden death of Emperor Al ...
in the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
.
Michael Lunin
:''“My nickname changed during my imprisonment and exile, and with each change it became longer. Now, in official documents, I am referred to as: “A state criminal in exile.”... My sole weapon is my thought…”''
:''“As an aged man he ...
, though not involved in the Decembrist conspiracy, is arrested and deported to Siberia, which allows him to begin his work as a philosopher.
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...
, deported from
Congress Poland
Congress Poland, Congress Kingdom of Poland, or Russian Poland, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland, was a polity created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a semi-autonomous Polish state, a successor to Napoleon's Duchy of Warsaw. It w ...
for his involvement with
Filaret Association The Filaret Association (also translated as ''filaret(e)s'', ''philaret(e)s''; pl, Zgromadzenie Filaretów, ''Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Pożytecznej Zabawy'', ''filareci''; from the Greek ''philáretos'', "lovers of virtue") was a secret student org ...
, is moved from
Taurida Governorate
The Taurida Governorate (russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling , ; crh, script=Latn, Tavrida guberniyası, ) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crime ...
to Moscow. Here, he publishes his ''Sonety krymskie'' (The Crimean Sonnets). Later in the year, he befriends Russian writers, including
Yevgeny Baratynsky
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexan ...
,
Mikhail Pogodin
Mikhail Petrovich Pogodin (russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Пого́дин; , Moscow, Moscow) was a Russian Imperial historian and journalist who, jointly with Nikolay Ustryalov, dominated the national historiography between the death ...
,
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
, and the ''
Lyubomudry''. Pushkin, himself returning from political exile, still writes poems discreetly honoring the Decembrists. They include ''Stansy'' (Stanzas), as well as odes to
Nikolay Mordvinov and
Ivan Pushchin
Ivan Ivanovich Pushchin (Russian:Иван Иванович Пущин; 15 May 1798, Moscow — 15 April 1859, Bronnitsky Uyezd) was a Russian civil servant and Decembrist. In school, he became a close friend of the writer, Alexander Pushkin, due to ...
.
*c. January – Japanese poet
Kobayashi Issa
was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply , a pen name meaning Cup-of-teaBostok 2004. (lit. "one up oftea"). He is regarded as one of the four ...
, pained by his recent divorce, enters his final creative period with ''
hokku
is the opening stanza of a Japanese orthodox collaborative linked poem, ''renga'', or of its later derivative, ''renku'' (''haikai no renga''). From the time of Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694), the ''hokku'' began to appear as an independent poem, an ...
'' expressing his solitude and, at times, nihilistic thoughts.
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– The French newspaper ''
Le Figaro
''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...
'' begins publication in Paris. In this first edition, it is a satirical weekly, reflecting the preoccupation of its two founders,
Maurice Alhoy
Philadelphe-Maurice Alhoy (1802 – 27 April 1856) was a 19th-century French journalist, writer and playwright, born and died in Paris.
As journalist
Under the Restauration and the July Monarchy, when "every day saw the birth of a new paper" (E ...
and
Étienne Arago
Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''.
Early life
Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. ...
.
*
January 17
Events Pre-1600
* 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
* 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...
– The
Ballantyne Ballantyne may refer to:
People
* Charles Ballantyne (1867–1950), Canadian politician
* David Ballantyne (1924–1986), a New Zealand journalist, novelist and short-story writer
* Edith Ballantyne (born 1922), Czech-born Canadian executive secre ...
printing business in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
crashes, ruining Sir
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'', ''Rob Roy (n ...
as a principal investor. He undertakes to repay his creditors from his writings, although his publisher
Archibald Constable
Archibald David Constable (24 February 1774 – 21 July 1827) was a Scottish publisher, bookseller and stationer.
Life
Constable was born at Carnbee, Fife, son of the land steward to the Earl of Kellie.
In 1788 Archibald was apprenticed to Pe ...
also fails. Distress caused by the events contributes to the illness afflicting Scott's wife, Lady Charlotte; she dies in May.
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– In the
Mexican Republic
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
, lithographer
Claudio Linati
Claudio Linati (1 February 1790 – 11 December 1832) was an Italian painter and lithographer who studied under Jacques-Louis David in Paris and established the first lithographic press in Mexico. He co-founded and edited '' El Iris'', a periodic ...
inaugurates ''
El Iris'', a "pocket sized" bi-weekly. It is in print until
August 2
Events Pre-1600
*338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
*216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...
, when its popularization of
liberal ideas prompts the intervention of state censors; Linati leaves Mexico later in the year, probably for political reasons.
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
**First printing of
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...
's ''
The Last of the Mohicans
''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826.
It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinde ...
''. This is Cooper's first book under contract with
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
publishers
Mathew Carey
Mathew Carey (January 28, 1760 – September 16, 1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the father of economist Henry Charles Carey.
Early life and education
Carey ...
and
Isaac Lea
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
, following
Charles Wiley
Charles Wiley (1782–1826) was an American bookseller, printer and the founder of the business that, under the direction of his son John Wiley, became an academic publisher, and eventually the current organization John Wiley & Sons.
Beginnings
...
's near-bankruptcy and death. It endures as "the most popular novel of the 1820s."
**Charles L. Force brings printing to the
Colony of Liberia
The Colony of Liberia, later the Commonwealth of Liberia, was a private colony of the American Colonization Society (ACS) beginning in 1822. It became an independent nation—the Republic of Liberia—after declaring independence in 1847.
Early ...
and, ten days later, founds the bi-weekly ''
Liberia Herald''. Force dies later this year, but his publication is revived in
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
by
John Brown Russwurm
John Brown Russwurm (October 1, 1799 – June 9, 1851) was an abolitionist, newspaper publisher, and colonizer of Liberia, where he moved from the United States. He was born in Jamaica to an English father and enslaved mother. As a child he t ...
.
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
(
O. S.: February 4) –
Hungarian Serbs gather at
Pest to set up ''
Matica srpska
The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Матица српска, Matica srpska, la, Matrix Serbica, grc, Μάτιτσα Σρπσκα) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national inst ...
'', a cultural society dedicated to promoting the works of Serb writers. It sponsors
Georgije Magarašević
Georgije Magarašević (Adaševci, 10 September 1793 – Novi Sad, 6 January 1830), was a Serbian writer, historian, bibliographer, editor and publisher, dramatist, translator and collector of folk proverbs. He belongs to the same generation of ...
's ''Serbski Letopis'', which remained "one of Europe's oldest, regularly published journals."
*March – Aged eight, the future orator and memoirist
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became ...
is lent by his master to the Aulds of
Fell's Point, Baltimore
Fell's Point is a historic waterfront neighborhood in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland. It was established around 1763 along the north shore of the Baltimore Harbor and the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River. The area has many antique, music, ...
. He will remain their house servant, and later their regular slave, until
1838, when he escapes via the
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada. T ...
.
*April –
Andrés Bello
Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan- Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an ...
launches his London magazine ''Repertorio Americano'', in which he publishes the final installment of his ''Las Silvas Americanas'', known as ''Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórrida'' (''
Silva
Silva is a surname in Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking countries, such as Portugal and Brazil. It is derived from the Latin word , meaning "forest" or "woodland". It is the family name of the House of Silva.
The name is also widespread i ...
'' for Agriculture in the Torrid Zone). It is sometimes described as a final masterpiece of
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...
in
Latin American literature
Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of the Americas. It rose to particular prominence globally during the ...
.
*
April 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
* 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide.
* 73 – Masad ...
–
Thomas Pringle
Thomas Pringle (5 January 1789 – 5 December 1834) was a Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist. Known as the father of South African poetry, he was the first successful English language poet and author to describe South Africa's scenery, nati ...
, a founding figure of
South African literature, embarks on his return trip to England. His stay in the
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...
leads him to join and publicize for the
Anti-Slavery Society.
*
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...
– At
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...
,
Habsburg Hungary,
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...
n intellectual
Dinicu Golescu
Dinicu Golescu (usual rendition of Constantin Radovici Golescu; 7 February 1777 – 5 October 1830), a member of the Golescu family of boyars, was a Wallachian Romanian man of letters, mostly noted for his travel writings and journalism.
Bor ...
receives ''
imprimatur
An ''imprimatur'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''impr.'', from Latin, "let it be printed") is a declaration authorizing publication of a book. The term is also applied loosely to any mark of approval or endorsement. The imprimatur rule in the R ...
'' for his ''
Însemnare a călătoriei mele'' (Accounts of My Travels). This pioneering travelog covers extensive trips in Central and Western Europe, which Golescu had begun in
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...
. The author documents his own "amazed 'discovery' of the West
ndacceptance of his country's admitted inferiority." As a "manifesto for the new culture" ''Însemnare'' promotes Wallachia's passage into the
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment or the Enlightenment; german: Aufklärung, "Enlightenment"; it, L'Illuminismo, "Enlightenment"; pl, Oświecenie, "Enlightenment"; pt, Iluminismo, "Enlightenment"; es, La Ilustración, "Enlightenment" was an intel ...
. For the same purpose Golescu sponsors a school on
his estate.
*June – Despite having maintained links with the Decembrists, poet
Alexander Griboyedov
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Грибоедов, ''Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov'' or ''Sergeevich Griboyedov''; 15 January 179511 February 1829), formerly romanized as Alexander Sergueevich Gri ...
receives a "certificate of loyalism" from the Russian government.
![DecembristsExecutionPlaque](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/DecembristsExecutionPlaque.jpg)
*
July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
(O.S.: July 13) – Five Decembrist leaders, including poet
Kondraty Ryleyev
Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev, also spelled Kondraty Feodorovich Ryleev (, September 29 (September 18 Julian calendar, O.S.), 1795 – July 25 (July 13 Julian calendar, O.S.), 1826) was a Russians, Russian poet, publisher, and a leader of the D ...
, are hanged in
Senate Square,
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. Pushkin's papers of the time include a drawing of five silhouettes on a scaffold, with the words: "Me too, I could be...".
*
August 19
Events Pre-1600
*295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
*43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...
–
Louis Christophe François Hachette
Louis Christophe François Hachette () (5 May 1800 – 31 July 1864) was a French publisher who established a Paris publishing house designed to produce books and other material to improve the system of school instruction. Publications were initi ...
purchases the Brédif bookshop on rue Pierre-Sarrazin, Paris. This becomes the first asset owned by the
Hachette publishing company.
*September – The first issue of
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child ( Francis; February 11, 1802October 20, 1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism.
Her journals, both fiction and ...
's ''The Juvenile Miscellany'', a magazine for children, is published in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
. Becoming "so popular that children used to sit on their doorsteps waiting for the mail carrier to deliver it," it lasts until
1834
Events
January–March
* January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.
* January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states.
* January 3 ...
.
*October –
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include '' Jesse James'', ...
gets his break as a principal Irish
character actor
A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to b ...
at the
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Ope ...
in London.
*
October 17
Events Pre-1600
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
*1346 – The English capture King Davi ...
–
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 17955 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature and philosophy.
Born in Ecclefechan, Dum ...
and
Jane Welsh
Jane may refer to:
* Jane (given name), a feminine given name
* Jane (surname), related to the given name
Film and television
* ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd
* ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...
marry in
Templand
Templand is a village in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, located around northwest of Lockerbie. Templand was built during the Industrial Revolution. When the nearby sandstone quarry ( Corncockle Quarry) was built it became home to many quarry worke ...
.
*November
**Hungarian philologist
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma
Sándor Csoma de Kőrös (; born Sándor Csoma; 27 March 1784/811 April 1842) was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning ...
ends his stay at Teta, on the outskirts of
Phugtal Monastery
Phuktal Monastery or Phuktal Gompa (often transliterated as Phugtal) is a Buddhist monastery located in the remote Lungnak Valley in south-eastern Zanskar, in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in Northern India. It is one of the only Buddhist monas ...
in
Ladakh
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.
**The
London Missionary Society
The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational miss ...
sets up the first printing press in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
(
Merina Kingdom
The Merina Kingdom, or Kingdom of Madagascar, officially the Kingdom of Imerina (–1897), was a pre-colonial state off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 19th century, dominated most of what is now Madagascar. It spread outward from ...
). It survives to
1836
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
* January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas.
* January 12
** , with Charles Darwin on board, r ...
, being ultimately shut down for political reasons.
*December – At
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie ( ') is the only city in, and county seat of, Chippewa County, Michigan, Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. With a population of 13,337 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the second-most populated ...
,
Henry Schoolcraft
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnology, ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native Americans in the United States, Native American cultures, as well as for his 1 ...
sets up a review called ''Literary Voyager, or Muzzeniegan''. It includes poems and stories by his part-
Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
wife,
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, who thus becomes one of the first Native American literary professionals.
*
December 5
Events Pre-1600
*63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
* 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.
* 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...
(O. S.: November 23) – From his boarding school in
Nezhin
Nizhyn ( uk, Ні́жин, Nizhyn, ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the capital city, administrative center of Niz ...
,
Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate (russian: Черниговская губерния; translit.: ''Chernigovskaya guberniya''; ), also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian ...
,
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...
writes home to his mother, describing a "radical new change" in his poetic style. Only two pieces he wrote during this period have survived for posterity.
*c.
December 25
Events Pre-1600
* 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.
* 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aureli ...
–
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...
is forced to renounce his studies at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
when his foster parent John Allan refuses to pay for his tuition.
*''unknown dates''
**
Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (; 4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of ...
issues the poetry anthology ''Parnaso lusitano'' (Lusitanian Parnassus), which is both a milestone of Romanticism in Lusophone countries and a cause for debates regarding the emergence of a distinct Brazilian literature. The latter issue is also explored by French historian Jean-Ferdinand Denis, who includes an epilogue on "Brazil's literary history" to his Portuguese literature tract.
**Robert Morrison (missionary), Robert Morrison, missionary and Bible translator, returns from Malacca to England "with 10,000 Chinese books."
**Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, who puts out the ''Mélanges Asiatiques'' collection, publishes his translation of a Chinese classic: ''Iu-Kiao-Li, ou Les Deux Cousines''.
**Francesco Vella puts out a translation of Francesco Soave's ''Trattato elementare dei doveri dell'uomo (Trattat fuk l'Oblighi tal-Bniedem tal-Patri F. Soave)'', as a textbook for Gozo College Boys' Secondary School. It is one of the first prose works published in the Maltese language.
New books
Fiction
*''Jicontencal. A Spanish Novel on the Conquest of Mexico''
*Selina Bunbury – ''The Pastor's Tales''
*François-René de Chateaubriand – ''Les Natchez'' (published)
*
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...
– ''
The Last of the Mohicans
''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826.
It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinde ...
''
*Benjamin Disraeli (anonymously) – ''Vivian Grey''
*Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff – ''Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing''
*William Nugent Glascock – ''The Naval Sketch Book, or The Service Afloat and Ashore''
*Catherine Gore – ''The Broken Heart''
*Ann Hatton – ''Deeds of the Olden Time''
*Wilhelm Hauff
**''Die Bettlerin vom Pont des Arts'' (The True Lover's Fortune; or, the Beggar of the Pont des Arts)
**''Lichtenstein (novel), Lichtenstein''
**''Märchen almanach auf das Jahr 1826'' (Fairytale Almanac)
**''Mitteilungen aus den Memoiren des Satan'' (Memoirs of Beelzebub, first part)
*Victor Hugo – ''Bug-Jargal''
*Bernhard Severin Ingemann – ''Valdemar Seier: En historisk Roman'' (Valdemar the Victorious: An Historical Romance)
*Anna Maria Porter – ''Honor O'Hara''
*Jane Porter and Anna Maria Porter – ''Tales Round a Winter Hearth''
*Ann Radcliffe – ''Gaston de Blondeville''
*Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat – ''Iu-Kiao-Li, ou Les Deux Cousines'' (translation of ''Iu-Kiao-Li'')
*Sir Walter Scott (anonymously) – ''Woodstock (novel), Woodstock''
*Mary Shelley (anonymously) – ''The Last Man''
*Horace Smith (poet), Horace (Horatio) Smith – ''Brambleyte House, or, Cavaliers and Roundheads''
*Alfred de Vigny – ''Cinq-Mars''
Children and young people
*Wilhelm Hauff – ''Märchen Almanach auf das Jahr 1826'' (Almanac of Fairy Tales from the Year 1826)
*Agnes C. Hall, Rosalia St. Clair – ''Obstinacy''
*Agnes Strickland
**''The Rival Crusoes, or, The Shipwreck''
**''A Voyage to Norway''
**''The Fisherman's Cottage: Founded on Facts''
**''The Young Emigrant''
Drama
*Joanna Baillie – ''Martyr''
*Timotei Cipariu – ''Ecloga pastorală'' (Pastoral Eclogue)
*Václav Kliment Klicpera – ''Veselohra na moste'' (The Comedy on the Bridge)
*Mary Russell Mitford – ''Foscari''
*Joseph Isidore Samson – ''La Belle-Mère et le gendre''
*Eugène Scribe – ''Bertrand et Suzette; ou Le Mariage de raison'' (The Marriage of Reason)
Poetry
*
Almeida Garrett
João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (; 4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm. A major promoter of ...
(editor) – ''Parnaso lusitano'' (Lusitanian Parnassus)
*
Yevgeny Baratynsky
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexan ...
– "Eda"
*
Andrés Bello
Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan- Chilean humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an ...
– ''Silva a la agricultura de la zona tórrida'' (''Silva'' for Agriculture in the Torrid Zone)
*Alfred de Vigny – ''Poèmes antiques et modernes'' (Poems Ancient and Modern)
*Ivan Gundulić – ''Osman'' (posthumous)
*Heinrich Heine – ''Die Harzreise'' (The Harz Journey)
*Felicia Dorothea Hemans – "Casabianca (poem), Casabianca"
*Robert Hetrick – ''Poems and Songs of Robert Hetrick''
*Andreas Kalvos – ''Odes nouvelles'' (New Odes)
*Letitia Elizabeth Landon – "Erinna"
*William Leggett (writer), William Leggett – ''Journals of the Ocean''
*
Adam Mickiewicz
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish Ro ...
– ''Sonety krymskie'' (The Crimean Sonnets)
*
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
**''I. I. Pushchinu'' (To I. I. Pushchin)
**''Morvinovu'' (To Mordvin)
**''Stansy'' (Stanzas)
*Charles Tompson – ''Wild Notes, from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel''
*Samuel Woodworth – "The Hunters of Kentucky"
Non-fiction
![Însemnare a călătoriei mele](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/%C3%8Ensemnare_a_c%C4%83l%C4%83toriei_mele.png)
*''Burke's Landed Gentry''
*Ioan Alexi – ''Grammatica dacoromana sive valachica'' (Dacoromanian or Wallachian Grammar)
*Elias Boudinot (Cherokee), Elias Boudinot – "An Address to the Whites"
*Giacomo Casanova – ''Histoire de ma vie'' (Story of My Life, posthumous; first authentic edition)
*Victor Collot – ''Voyage dans l'Amérique Septentrionale'' (A Journey in North America, posthumous)
*Jean-Ferdinand Denis – ''Résumé de l'histoire littéraire du Portugal, suivi du résumé de l'histoire littéraire du Brésil'' (A Review of Portugal's Literary History, Followed by a Review of Brazil's Literary History)
*William Erskine (historian), William Erskine – ''Memoirs of Babar'' (translation of ''Baburnama'')
*
Dinicu Golescu
Dinicu Golescu (usual rendition of Constantin Radovici Golescu; 7 February 1777 – 5 October 1830), a member of the Golescu family of boyars, was a Wallachian Romanian man of letters, mostly noted for his travel writings and journalism.
Bor ...
– ''
Însemnare a călătoriei mele'' (Accounts of My Travel)
*Wilhelm Hauff – (Polemical Sermon on H. Clauren)
*William Hazlitt – "Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen"
*Dietrich Georg von Kieser – (System of Tellurism or Animal Magnetism)
*Ferenc Kölcsey – ''Mohács''
*Robert Morrison (missionary), Robert Morrison – ''A Parting Memorial, consisting of Miscellaneous Discources''
*Abigail Mott – ''Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Color''
*Josiah Priest – ''The Wonders of Nature''
*Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová – ''Domácí kuchařka'' (A Household Cookery Book)
*Pavel Jozef Šafárik – ''Geschichte der slawischen Sprache und Literatur nach allen Mundarten'' (History of Slavic Language and Literature in All Vernaculars)
*Dovber Schneuri – ''Toras Chaim (Chabad), Toras Chaim''
*David Strauss, translated by George Eliot – ''The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined''
*Francesco Vella – ''Trattat fuk l'Oblighi tal-Bniedem tal-Patri F. Soave'' (Treaty on the Duties of Man by Father F. Soave)
Births
January–March
*January 3 – John White (ethnographer), John White, English-born New Zealand historian and ethnographer (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*January 5
**Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird, American poet and journalist (died 1907 in literature, 1907)
**Morten Eskesen, Danish folklorist and editor (died 1913 in literature, 1913)
*January 6 – Adolf Kirchhoff, German historian and philologist (died 1908 in literature, 1908)
*January 8
**J. R. Black, Scottish journalist and publisher (died 1880 in literature, 1880)
**Gabriele Dara, Italian and Albanian poet and journalist (died 1885 in literature, 1885)
*January 14 – Ivan Naumovich, Galician essayist and polemicist (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*
January 17
Events Pre-1600
* 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
* 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...
**Adelaïde Ehrnrooth, Finnish novelist, poet and essayist (died 1905 in literature, 1905)
**Wilhelm Lübke, German art historian (died 1893 in literature, 1893)
*January 19 – Gustav Hertzberg, German historian and translator (died 1907 in literature, 1907)
*January 20 – William Bonaparte-Wyse, Irish poet (died 1892 in literature, 1892)
*January 22 – Friedrich Ueberweg, German philosopher and historian (died 1871 in literature, 1871)
*January 23 – Edward Byles Cowell, English philologist and translator (died 1903 in literature, 1903)
*January 24
**Ditmar Meidell, Norwegian journalist and editor (died 1900 in literature, 1900)
**William Gifford Palgrave, English scholar and essayist (died 1888 in literature, 1888)
*January 27
**Eliza Allen, American memoirist (''year of death unknown'')
**(Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.: January 15) – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist, novelist and editor (died 1889 in literature, 1889)
*February 3 – Walter Bagehot, English essayist and journalist (died 1877 in literature, 1877)
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Charles Barbier de Meynard, French historian (died 1908 in literature, 1908)
*February 9
**Samuel Bowles (journalist), Samuel Bowles, American journalist and travel writer (died 1878 in literature, 1878)
**József Borovnyák, Slovenian-Hungarian translator and Catholic theologian (died 1909 in literature, 1909)
*February 10 – Ernest de Bouteiller, French historian and politician (died 1883 in literature, 1883)
*February 12 – Prince George of Prussia, German general, poet and playwright (died 1902 in literature, 1902)
*February 14
**George Kingsley, English travel writer, journalist and librarian (died 1892 in literature, 1892)
**Ignacy Żagiell, Polish travel writer (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*February 15 – Thomas Butler Gunn, English illustrator and journalist (died 1904 in literature, 1904)
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
– Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, German poet and novelist (died 1886 in literature, 1886)
*February 19 – Matija Mesić, Croatian historian (died 1878 in literature, 1878)
*February 21 – Lois Waisbrooker, American essayist and publisher (died 1909 in literature, 1909)
*February 24 – Adolphe Bitard, French biographer and magazine editor (died 1888 in literature, 1888)
*February 26 – Oswald Ottendorfer, Moravian-born American journalist (died 1900 in literature, 1900)
*February 27
**Cynthia Roberts Gorton, American poet and author (died 1894 in literature, 1894)
**Manuel Antonio Matta, Chilean politician, journalist and editor (died 1892 in literature, 1892)
**Samuel Timmins, English literary historian and librarian (died 1902 in literature, 1902)
**Louise Westergaard, Danish journalist and translator (died 1880 in literature, 1880)
*February 28 – Pamfil Yurkevich, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher (died 1874 in literature, 1874)
*March 1 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.: February 17) – Nicolae Popea, Romanian-Hungarian historian (died 1908 in literature, 1908)
*March 4
**August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German-Russian philologist, historian and newspaper editor (died 1907 in literature, 1907)
**Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher and journalist (died 1887 in literature, 1887)
*March 15 – Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne, French poet and playwright (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*March 19 – Stanislas d'Escayrac de Lauture, French travel writer and linguist (died 1868 in literature, 1868)
*March 20
**Ruggero Bonghi, Italian journalist, historian and polemicist (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
**Carel Vosmaer, Dutch poet and art critic (died 1888 in literature, 1888)
*March 22 – Lewys Glyn Dyfi, Welsh-born American poet and journalist (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*March 24 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American journalist and editor (died 1898 in literature, 1898)
*March 27 – Johannes Overbeck, German historian (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
April–June
*c. April – Lady Strangford, English travel writer, editor and illustrator (died 1887 in literature, 1887)
*April 1
**Paride Suzzara Verdi, Italian revolutionary and journalist (died 1879 in literature, 1879)
**Lady Dorothy Nevill, English memoirist (died 1913 in literature, 1913)
*April 10
**Mustafa Celalettin Pasha, Polish-born Ottoman soldier and essayist (died 1876 in literature, 1876)
**Pamelia Sarah Vining, American-born Canadian poet and novelist (died 1897 in literature, 1897)
*April 17 – Vojtěch Náprstek, Czech journalist, lecturer and book collector (died 1894 in literature, 1894)
*April 19 – Franciszek Kostrzewski, Polish illustrator (died 1911 in literature, 1911)
*April 20 – Dinah Craik, née Mulock, English novelist and poet (died 1887 in literature, 1887)
*April 21 – William Hearn (legal academic), William Hearn, Irish essayist and legal scholar (died 1888 in literature, 1888)
*April 26 – Eduardo Asquerino, Spanish journalist, poet and playwright (died 1881 in literature, 1881)
*April 28
**William Brough (writer), William Brough, English playwright (died 1870 in literature, 1870)
**Frances Irene Burge Griswold, American poet and short story writer (died 1900 in literature, 1900)
*April 29 – Alfred B. Meacham, American playwright, polemicist and historian (died 1882 in literature, 1882)
*April 30 – Julius von Ficker, Prussian-born Austrian historian (died 1902 in literature, 1902)
*May 9 – Gregorio Gutiérrez González, Colombian poet (died 1872 in literature, 1872)
*May 10 – Henrik Krohn, Norwegian poet, journalist and language reformer (died 1879 in literature, 1879)
*May 12 – Alexander Roberts, Scottish philologist and historian (died 1901 in literature, 1901)
*May 13 – Clara Andersen, Danish playwright and novelist (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
*May 15 – Henri Mouhot, French ethnographer and travel writer (died 1861 in literature, 1861)
*May 22
**Denys Corbet, Guernsey poet (died 1909 in literature, 1909)
**Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Ottoman-Albanian translator and essayist (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
**Christopher Columbus Langdell, American legal scholar (died 1906 in literature, 1906)
*May 23
**Adile Sultan, Ottoman poet (died 1899 in literature, 1899)
**Frances Fuller Victor, American historian and novelist (died 1902 in literature, 1902)
*May 25 – Ralph T. H. Griffith, English philologist and translator (died 1906 in literature, 1906)
*May 26 – Edgar Alfred Bowring, English translator and essayist (died 1911 in literature, 1911)
*May 31 – Gustav Brühl (author), Gustav Brühl, American poet and journalist (died 1903 in literature, 1903)
*June – Thomas Gardiner (publisher), Thomas Gardiner, Scottish-born American newspaper publisher (died 1899 in literature, 1899)
*June 1 – Kornélia Prielle, Hungarian actress (died 1906 in literature, 1906)
*June 2 – Richard Holt Hutton, English essayist and journalist (died 1897 in literature, 1897)
*June 5 – Nathaniel Bryceson, English clerk and diarist (died 1911 in literature, 1911)
*June 10 – Bogoboj Atanacković, Serbian-Hungarian novelist and critic (died 1858 in literature, 1858)
*June 15
**Bill Arp, American humorist (died 1903 in literature, 1903)
**Luigi Ferri, Italian philosopher (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
*June 18 – Cäsar Rüstow, German military writer (died 1866 in literature, 1866)
*June 21 – Angelo Zottoli, Italian translator and literary historian (died 1902 in literature, 1902)
*June 25 – Émile Acollas, French legal scholar (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*June 26 – Adolf Bastian, German polymath (died 1905 in literature, 1905)
*June 29 – Charles Ernest Beulé, French historian (died 1874 in literature, 1874)
July–September
*July 1 – Hana Catherine Mullens, Bengali novelist and translator (died 1861 in literature, 1861)
*July 2 – Ernest Hamel, French poet, historian and journalist (died 1898 in literature, 1898)
*July 3 – Rudolf Westphal, German historian and philologist (died 1892 in literature, 1892)
*July 4 – John Morris (Jesuit), John Morris, English historian and Catholic theologian (died 1893 in literature, 1893)
*Amédée Guillemin, French science writer and journalist (died 1893 in literature, 1893)
*July 8
**Friedrich Chrysander, German music historian and critic (died 1901 in literature, 1901)
**Laurindo Rabelo, Brazilian poet (died 1864 in literature, 1864)
*July 12 – William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford, English historian (died 1905 in literature, 1905)
*July 15 – Emily C. Blackman, American historian and journalist (died 1907 in literature, 1907)
*July 20 – Laura Keene, English actress (died 1873 in literature, 1873)
*July 23 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.: July 11) – Alexander Afanasyev, Russian journalist and folklorist (died 1871 in literature, 1871)
*July 30 – Herbert William Fisher, English historian (died 1903 in literature, 1903)
*August 5
**Andreas Aagesen, Danish legal scholar (died 1879 in literature, 1879)
**İbrahim Şinasi, Ottoman journalist and playwright (died 1871 in literature, 1871)
*August 7 – August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet and philologist (died 1889 in literature, 1889)
*August 12
**Nikolai Albertini, Russian journalist (died 1890 in literature, 1890)
**Henry Clay Brockmeyer, German-born American poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher (died 1906 in literature, 1906)
**Lucy Ellen Guernsey, American novelist (died 1899 in literature, 1899)
*August 14 – Eusebio Lillo, Chilean poet and journalist (died 1910 in literature, 1910)
*August 28 – Mikhail Stasyulevich, Russian historian and publisher (died 1911 in literature, 1911)
*August 31 – Emma Bedelia Dunham, American poet (died 1910 in literature, 1910)
*September 1 – Herbert Haines (archaeologist), Herbert Haines, English historian and Anglican theologian (died 1872 in literature, 1872)
*September 4 – Karl Blind, German-born revolutionary, historian and essayist (died 1907 in literature, 1907)
*September 6 – Leopold Ullstein, German newspaper publisher (died 1899 in literature, 1899)
*September 7 – Rajnarayan Basu, Bengali journalist, historian and Brahmoist theologian (died 1899 in literature, 1899)
*September 8 – Addison Peale Russell, American essayist (died 1912 in literature, 1912)
*September 10 – Fernand Desnoyers, French poet, critic and folklorist (died 1869 in literature, 1869)
*September 13 – Leonard Kip, American novelist and travel writer (died 1906 in literature, 1906)
*September 14 – Ljubomir Nenadović, Serbian poet and historian (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
*September 17 – Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion, Canadian journalist (died 1866 in literature, 1866)
October–December
![Via taddea, lapide a carlo lorenzini](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Via_taddea%2C_lapide_a_carlo_lorenzini.JPG)
*October 8 – Luka Svetec, Slovene-Austrian poet and philologist (died 1921 in literature, 1921)
*October 9 – Agathon Meurman, Finnish journalist and lexicographer (died 1909 in literature, 1909)
*October 19
**Manuel Joël, German historian, philosopher and Jewish theologian (died 1890 in literature, 1890)
**Athénaïs Michelet, French science writer and memoirist (died 1899 in literature, 1899)
*October 22 – Pietro Amat di San Filippo, Italian historian (died 1895 in literature, 1895)
*October 23 – Charles-Honoré Laverdière, Canadian historian and editor (died 1873 in literature, 1873)
*October 25 – Frank Key Howard, American journalist and memoirist (died 1872 in literature, 1872)
*October 26 – Dimitri Bakradze, Georgian-Russian historian (died 1890 in literature, 1890)
*October 27 – Marie von Olfers, German short story writer and illustrator (died 1924 in literature, 1924)
*November – Emily Verdery Battey, American journalist (died 1912 in literature, 1912)
*November 2 – William Haines Lytle, American soldier and poet (died 1863 in literature, 1863)
*November 4
**Charles Hamilton Aide, French-born English novelist, poet and playwright (died 1906 in literature, 1906)
**Emmanuel Domenech, French travel writer, folklorist and historian (died 1903 in literature, 1903)
*November 8 – Gualtherus Johannes Cornelis Kolff, Dutch East Indian publisher (died 1881 in literature, 1881)
*November 12 – Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, Puerto Rican poet, playwright, essayist and literary historian (died 1882 in literature, 1882)
*November 13 – Jovan Đorđević, Serbian poet, playwright and editor (died 1900 in literature, 1900)
*November 14 – Heinrich Lang, German Reformed theologian and editor (died 1876 in literature, 1876)
*November 19 – Alfred Mézières, French journalist and historian (died 1915 in literature, 1915)
*c. November 23 – T. E. Kebbel, English journalist (died 1917 in literature, 1917)
*November 24
**Carlo Collodi, Italian children's author, satirist and newspaper editor (died 1890 in literature, 1890)
**Coates Kinney, American journalist and poet (died 1904 in literature, 1904)
*November 27
**Robert Hugh Miller, American journalist and editor (died 1911 in literature, 1911)
**António Augusto Soares de Passos, Portuguese poet (died 1860 in literature, 1860)
*December 6 – Albert Harrison Hoyt, English historian and editor (died 1915 in literature, 1915)
*December 10 – Franz Susemihl, German philologist and literary historian (died 1901 in literature, 1901)
*December 17 – Amédée de Jallais, French playwright and librettist (died 1909 in literature, 1909)
*December 18 – Alexandre Chatrian, French playwright and journalist (died 1890 in literature, 1890)
*December 22 – U. V. Koren, Norwegian-born American Lutheran theologian (died 1910 in literature, 1910)
*December 23 – William Blanchard Jerrold, English journalist and biographer (died 1884 in literature, 1884)
*December 26 – Valerian Kalinka, Polish historian and editor (died 1886 in literature, 1886)
*December 28
**Conrad Busken Huet, Dutch pastor, journalist and literary critic (died 1886 in literature, 1886)
**Vladimir Stoyunin, Russian essayist, literary historian and journalist (died 1888 in literature, 1888)
*December 30 – Philippe Baby Casgrain, Canadian historian (died 1917 in literature, 1917)
Unknown dates
*David ben Shimon, Moroccan Jewish theologian (died 1879 in literature, 1879)
*Thomas Chenery, Barbadian-born English scholar and editor (died 1884 in literature, 1884)
*Wali Dewane, Kurdish-Ottoman poet (died 1881 in literature, 1881)
*Liautaud Ethéart, Haitian playwright and essayist (died 1888 in literature, 1888)
*Henry George Keene (1826–1915), Henry George Keene, English and Indian historian (died 1915 in literature, 1915)
*Mary Eva Kelly, Irish-born Australian poet (died 1910 in literature, 1910)
*Manol Lazarov, Bulgarian essayist and poet (died 1881 in literature, 1881)
*Bedros Magakyan, Ottoman-Armenian actor and theater director (died 1891 in literature, 1891)
*Frank Marryat, English memoirist and travel writer (died 1855 in literature, 1855)
*Augustus Mayhew, English journalist, humorist and theatrical producer (died 1875 in literature, 1875)
*Mishkín-Qalam, Persian calligrapher and Bahá'í mystic (died 1912 in literature, 1912)
*Tasos Neroutsos, Greek-born historian and language reformer (died 1892 in literature, 1892)
*John Sands (journalist), John Sands, Scottish journalist, humorist and travel writer (died 1900 in literature, 1900)
*M. A. Sherring, English ethnologist and historian (died 1880 in literature, 1880)
*Eliza Sproat Turner, American journalist and publisher (died 1903 in literature, 1903)
*Fyodor Stellovsky, Russian publisher and editor (died 1875 in literature, 1875)
*Adèle Toussaint-Samson, French travel writer (died 1911 in literature, 1911)
*''Probable year of birth'' – Selim Aga, Sudanese-Liberian autobiographer and poet (died 1875 in literature, 1875)
Deaths
January–June
*c. January – Alecu Beldiman, Moldavian poet-chronicler and translator (born 1760 in literature, 1760)
*January 3 – Nikolay Rumyantsev, Russian politician and scholar (born 1754 in literature, 1754)
*January 5 – William C. Somerville, American diplomat and historian (born 1790 in literature, 1790)
*January 6 – John Farey Sr., English polymath (born 1766 in literature, 1766)
*January 16 – John Rudolph Sutermeister, Curaçao-born American poet (born 1803 in literature, 1803)
*January 20 – Stanisław Staszic, Polish polymath (stroke, born 1755 in literature, 1755)
*January 24 – Yousab El Abah, Egyptian Coptic theologian (born 1735 in literature, 1735)
*January 31 – Étienne-François de Lantier, French poet and playwright (born 1734 in literature, 1734)
*February 17 – Johann Philipp Gabler, German Protestant theologian (born 1753 in literature, 1753)
*February 3 – Joseph Servières, French playwright (born 1781 in literature, 1781)
*February 20 – Avram Mrazović, Serbian-Austrian translator and textbook writer (born 1756 in literature, 1756)
*March 5 – Charles Paul Landon, French painter and art historian (born 1760 in literature, 1760)
*March 16 – Johann Severin Vater, German theologian and philologist (born 1771 in literature, 1771)
*March 24 – Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Danish music historian and biographer (born 1761 in literature, 1761)
*March 29 – Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet and translator (born 1751 in literature, 1751)
*April 3 – Reginald Heber, English poet, bishop and travel writer (born 1783 in literature, 1783)
*April 13 – Pierre-François-Joseph Robert, French journalist, jurist and politician (born 1763 in literature, 1763)
*April 20 – Waller Rodwell Wright, English diplomat and poet (born 1775 in literature, 1775)
*April 25 – William Smith Shaw, American librarian (born 1778 in literature, 1778)
*April 27
**Elazar Fleckeles, Moravian Jewish Orthodox theologian (born 1754 in literature, 1754)
**Charles Symmons, Welsh poet, playwright and Anglican theologian (born 1749 in literature, 1749)
*May 2 – Antoni Malczewski, Polish poet (born 1793 in literature, 1793)
*May 17 – August Adolph von Hennings, German and Danish essayist and historian (born 1746 in literature, 1746)
*May 19 – Jean Skipwith, American book collector (born c. 1747 in literature, 1747)
*June 3
**(Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.: May 22) – Nikolay Karamzin, Russian poet and historian (born 1766 in literature, 1766)
**William Hamilton Reid, English poet, editor and polemicist ''(year of birth unknown)''
*June 9
**Johann Kaspar Friedrich Manso, German historian and philologist (born 1760 in literature, 1760)
**Jedidiah Morse, American geographer and textbook writer (born 1761 in literature, 1761)
*June 19 – Elsa Fougt, Swedish editor and publisher (born 1744 in literature, 1744)
*June 26 – Johanna Elisabeth Swaving, Dutch newspaper editor, publisher and actress (born 1754 in literature, 1754)
*June 23 – John Taylor (Unitarian hymn writer), John Taylor, English poet and songwriter (born 1750 in literature, 1750)
*June 27
**Shaykh Ahmad, Arab Shia theologian (born 1753 in literature, 1753)
**Mary Leadbeater, Irish poet and diarist (born 1758 in literature, 1758)
July–December
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*July 4 – Thomas Jefferson, American philosopher and politician (born 1743 in literature, 1743)
*July 5
**Stamford Raffles, British colonial administrator and historian (stroke, born 1781 in literature, 1781)
**Karl Friedrich Stäudlin, German Protestant theologian (born 1761 in literature, 1761)
**Jane Watts, Scottish painter and travel writer (born 1793 in literature, 1793)
*July 20 – Gamaliel Smethurst, Nova Scotian memoirist (born 1738 in literature, 1738)
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July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
(Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.: July 13) –
Kondraty Ryleyev
Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev, also spelled Kondraty Feodorovich Ryleev (, September 29 (September 18 Julian calendar, O.S.), 1795 – July 25 (July 13 Julian calendar, O.S.), 1826) was a Russians, Russian poet, publisher, and a leader of the D ...
, Russian poet and revolutionary (hanged, born 1795 in literature, 1795)
*August 10
**Vasily Lyovshin, Russian novelist and essayist (born 1746 in literature, 1746)
**August Schumann, German bookseller and publisher (born 1773 in literature, 1773)
*August 26 – Royall Tyler, American playwright, poet and essayist (cancer, born 1757 in literature, 1757)
*August 31 – John Raithby, English legal scholar and editor (born 1766 in literature, 1766)
*September 22 – Johann Peter Hebel, German short story writer and poet (born 1760 in literature, 1760)
*Before October – Elizabeth Meeke, English popular novelist (born 1761 in literature, 1761)
*October 3
**Jens Baggesen, Danish poet and satirist (born 1764 in literature, 1764)
**Stanisław Bohusz Siestrzeńcewicz, Belarusian Catholic bishop and historian (born 1731 in literature, 1731)
*October 9 ''(bur.)'' – John Williams (schoolmaster, born 1760), John Williams, Welsh schoolmaster and manuscript collector (born 1760 in literature, 1760)
*October 19 – François-Joseph Talma, French actor (born 1763 in literature, 1763)
*November 1 – William Barnes Rhodes, English poet, translator and book collector (born 1772 in literature, 1772)
*November 26 – John Nichols (printer), John Nichols, English antiquary and printer (born 1745 in literature, 1745)
*December – William Glen (poet), William Glen, Scottish poet (born 1789 in literature, 1789)
*December 16 – Siegfried August Mahlmann, German poet and editor (born 1771 in literature, 1771)
*December 18 – Iolo Morganwg, Welsh poet and literary forger (born 1747 in literature, 1747)
*December 22
**John Haywood (historian), John Haywood, American historian (born 1762 in literature, 1762)
**Michael Massey Robinson, Australian poet (born 1744 in literature, 1744)
*December 28 – Schack von Staffeldt, Danish poet (born 1769 in literature, 1769)
*December 31 – William Gifford, English satirist and editor (born 1756 in literature, 1756)
Unknown dates
*Jacob ben Abraham Kahana, Lithuanian Jewish theologian ''(year of birth unknown)''
*Menachem Mendel Lefin, Podolian Jewish theologian, translator and essayist (born 1749 in literature, 1749)
*Caroline Lewenhaupt, Swedish courtier and poet (born 1754 in literature, 1754)
*Mustafa Râkim, Ottoman calligrapher (born 1757 in literature, 1757)
*Léonard Tousez, French actor and playwright (born 1788 in literature, 1788)
References
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1826 books,
Years of the 19th century in literature