1769 in literature
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[edit] Events
- Thomas Chatterton sends "Rowley"'s History of England to Horace Walpole.
[edit] New books
- Elizabeth Bonhôte - Hortensia, or, The Distressed Wife
- Frances Brooke - The History of Emily Montague (the first novel written in Canada)
- Elizabeth Griffith - The Delicate Distress
- Tobias Smollett - The History and Adventures of an Atom
[edit] New drama
- Richard Cumberland - The Brothers
- Elizabeth Griffith - The School for Rakes
- John Home - The Fatal Discovery
[edit] Poetry
- Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne - The Siege of Jerusalem
- Basílio da Gama - O Uruguai
[edit] Births
- February 9 - Susette Gontard, lover of German poet Friedrich Hölderlin
- May 21 - John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author
- November 12 - Amelia Opie
