1784 in literature
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See also: 1783 in literature, other events of 1784, 1785 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Gottlieb Jakob Planck becomes professor of theology at Göttingen
New books
- Sketches of History - William Godwin
- The Follies of the Day - Thomas Holcroft's translation of Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro
- Sur l'universalité de la langue française - Antoine de Rivarol
Births
- January 31 - Bernard Barton, poet
- May 18 - William Tennant, Scottish poet
- date unknown - Antoine Ó Raifteiri, "last of the wandering bards"