1828 in literature

See also: 1827 in literature, other events of 1828, 1829 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• The first volume of John James Audubon's 10-volume The Birds of America is published.
• Noah Webster publishes his 70,000 word American Dictionary of the English Language.

New books

• Africa Described, in Its Ancient and Present State – Barbara Hofland
• The Ambassador's Secretary – Jane Harvey
• The Collegians – Gerald Griffin
• The Fair Maid of Perth – Sir Walter Scott
• Italian Vengeance and English Forbearance – Selina Davenport
• De Lisle – Elizabeth Caroline Grey
• The Mummy! – Jane C. Loudon
• Rachel Dyer – John Neal
• The Red Barn – Robert Huish
• Ulrica of Saxony – Rosalia St. Clair
• Uncle Peregrine's Heiress – Anne Hatton

New drama

• Franz Grillparzer – Ein Treuer Diener

Births

• February 8 – Jules Verne (d. 1905)
• February 12 – George Meredith (d. 1909)
• March 20 – Henrik Johan Ibsen (d. 1906)
• April 4 – Margaret Oliphant (d. 1897)
• September 9 – Leo Tolstoy (d. 1910)
• May 12 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti (d. 1882)

Deaths

• June 21 – Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist & poet

Awards