Events
- January 8 - A.S. Pushkin reads to Derzhavin his poem "Remembrance in Tsarskoye Selo".
Books
- Prankster is the first comedy of Mikhail Zagoskin .
- Emma is by Jane Austen .
Born
- March 6 - Pyotr Pavlovich Ershov , Russian poet, author of the tale "The Little Humpbacked Horse" (died in 1869 ).
Died
- November 20 - Jan Potocki , Polish romantic writer, archaeologist, traveler (born 1761 ).