1759 in literature
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See also: 1758 in literature, other events of 1759, 1760 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New Books
- Candide - Voltaire
- Fables - Gotthold Lessing
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia - Samuel Johnson
- Theory of Moral Sentiments - Adam Smith
Births
- January 25 : Robert Burns
- April 27 : Mary Wollstonecraft
- November 10 : Friedrich Schiller
- December 25 : Richard Porson