1748 In Literature

Events

New Books

• The Adventures of Roderick Random - Tobias Smollett
• The Castle of Indolence - James Thomson
• De l'esprit des lois (The Spirit of the Laws) - Montesquieu
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - David Hume
• Les Mœurs - Franois-Vincent Toussaint

Births

• January 1 - Gottfried August Brger, German poet (died 1794)
• February 15 - Jeremy Bentham
• April 27 - Pierre-Louis Ginguen, French author
• May 7 - Olympe de Gouges, dramatist

Deaths

• August 27 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (born 1700)
• September 21 - John Balguy, English philosopher (born 1686)
• November 25 : Isaac Watts

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