1746 In Literature

Events

• Voltaire is elected to the French Academy.
• The oldest manuscript of Jean de Joinville's Life of Saint Louis is rediscovered in Brussels.

New Books

• Astronomie nautique, volume 2 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis

Births

• January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer
• March 27 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet

Deaths

• February 4 - Robert Blair, Scottish poet
• May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist
• December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)

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