1785 in literature
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See also: 1784 in literature, other events of 1785, 1786 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- January 1 - First publication of the Daily Universal Register (later The Times)
- Thomas Warton becomes Poet Laureate
New books
- Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson - James Boswell
- The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy - William Paley
- The Valour of the Magyars - János Bacsanyi
- Les 120 journées de Sodome - Marquis de Sade
- Anton Reiser (to 1790) - Karl Philipp Moritz
Births
- January 4 - Jakob Grimm
- March 7 - Alessandro Manzoni, Italian poet and novelist
- March 21 - Henry Kirke White, poet
- May 18 - John Wilson ("Christopher North" of Blackwood's Magazine)
- August 15 - Thomas de Quincey
- October 18 - Thomas Love Peacock