1731 in literature | ||
1729 - 1730 - 1731 - 1732 - 1733 | ||
See also: Other events in 1731 |
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Events
- January 1 - The first non-specialized monthly magazine The Gentleman's Magazine began its first publication in London.
- July 1 - Benjamin Franklin founded the first public library in America.
- August 20 - Justus van Effen began publishing the anthology "De Hollandsche Spectator" ("The Dutch Observer").
Books
- The Story of the Cavalera de Grieux and Manon Lescot "( Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut ) by Antoine Francois
- Thomas Bayes ' Theological Work "It is the Happiness of His Creatures"
- Ralph Kedworth 's essay “Treatise concerning eternal and immutable morality” was published.
- The Memoirs of the French Courtyard for 1688–1689 ( Memoires de la Cour de France pour les annees 1688 et 1689 ) by Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette are published .
- Jean Terrason 's didactic novel "Setos, or Life Story, gleaned from the monuments and testimonies of ancient Egypt."
Plays
- “The Letter Writers”, “Grub-Street Opera”, “The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb »by Henry Fielding .
- "The London Merchant, or the History of George Barnwell" by George Lillo .
Born
- February 15 - Jean-Louis Aubert , French poet, fabulist, journalist and critic (died 1814 ).
- March 28 - Ramon de la Cruz , Spanish playwright (died in 1794 ).
- April 2 - Catherine Macaulay , English historian, writer and philosopher (died 1791 ).
- April 28 - Jean-Francois Callava d'Estandou , French writer, poet, critic (died in 1813 ).
- May 7 - Jan Yuri Prokop Ganchka , monk, linguist and author of theological writings. He wrote in Verkhneluzhitsky language (died in 1789 ).
- September 2 - Johann Friedrich von Kroneck , German poet (died 1758 ).
- September 6 - Sophia von Laroche , German writer (died 1807 ).
- September 7 - Elizabetta de Gambarini , English singer, author of collections of songs in Italian and English (died 1765 ).
- September 28 - Pietro Napoli Signorelli , Italian cultural historian, scientific writer, playwright (died 1815 ).
- November 26 - William Cooper , English poet (died 1800 ).
- December 12 - Erasmus Darwin , English poet (died in 1802 ).
- December 24 - Gustav Fredrik Gillenborg , Swedish writer (died 1808 ).
- Exact date unknown
- Kozmas Balanos , Greek priest, mathematician, teacher and writer (died 1808 ).
- Carlo Denin , Italian historian, imperial librarian in Paris, author of numerous works on Ancient Greece, on Prussia and Frederick the Great, on Germany (died in 1813 ).
- Sergey Vasilievich Drukovtsev , Russian writer (died in 1786 ).
- Moses-Ephraim Ku , German poet and translator (died 1790 ).
- Pierre Rene Lemonier , French playwright and librettist (died 1796 ).
Passed away
- January 12 - Fyodor Polikarpovich Polikarpov-Orlov , Russian writer, translator, publisher, lexicographer, author of one of the main Russian dictionaries of the 18th century. - "The vocabulary lexicon."
- March 5 - Abdu-al-Ghani an-Nablusi , a Muslim scholar and poet (born in 1641 ).
- April 7 - Mikhail Ivanovich Shiryaev , a Russian poet, the favorite of Emperor Peter the Great (born in 1680 ).
- April 24 - Daniel Defoe , English writer and publicist.
- May 11 - Mary Estel , English writer (born in 1666 ).
- December 26 - Antoine Udard de Lamotte , French poet, playwright and librettist (born in 1672 ).