1799 in literature

See also: 1798 in literature, other events of 1799, 1800 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Charles Lamb becomes guardian of his sister, Mary Lamb, on the death of their father.
• New edition of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, illustrated by Thomas Stothard.

New books

• Arthur Mervyn – Charles Brockden Brown
• Edgar Huntly – Charles Brockden Brown
• Goetz of Berlichingen – translation by Walter Scott
• Ormond – Charles Brockden Brown
• The Pleasures of Hope – Thomas Campbell
• The Gipsy Countess – Elizabeth Gunning
• The East Indian – Mary Julia Young

New drama

• Wallensteins Tod – Friedrich von Schiller

Births

• May 20 – Honoré de Balzac
• May 23 – Thomas Hood
• May 26 – Aleksandr Pushkin
• November 29 – Amos Bronson Alcott
• December 30 – John Moultrie

Deaths

• February 19 – Jean-Charles de Borda
• May 18 – Pierre Beaumarchais

Awards