1751 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Poetry 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] New books

• John Cleland - Memoirs of a Coxcomb
• Francis Coventry - The History of Pompey the Little
• Henry Fielding - Amelia
• Eliza Haywood - The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
• Robert Paltock - The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins

[edit] Poetry

• Thomas Gray - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (external link)

[edit] Births

• February 20 - Johann Heinrich Voß (died 1826)
• October 20 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan (died 1816)

[edit] Deaths

• October 26 - Philip Doddridge (born 1702)
• December 12 - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke(born 1678)