1798 in literature
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See also: 1797 in literature, other events of 1798, 1799 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The Académie française publishes a new edition of its dictionary.
New books
- Alcuin: a Dialogue - Charles Brockden Brown
- Lyrical Ballads - published anonymously by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth
- Wieland - Charles Brockden Brown
New drama
- Wallensteins Lager - Friedrich von Schiller
Births
- January 5 - David Macbeth Moir, poet and humorist
- February 17 - Auguste Comte
- March 30 - Luise Hensel
- June 29 - Count Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet
Deaths
- June 4 - Giacomo Casanova
- June 20 - Jeremy Belknap, historian of New Hampshire
- December 16 - Thomas Pennant, traveller