1800 in literature
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See also: 1799 in literature, other events of 1800, 1801 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The United States creates the Library of Congress.
New books
- Gondez the Monk - William Henry Ireland
- Anecdotes of the Altamont Family - Mary Meeke
- Castle Rackrent - Maria Edgeworth
- Edwardina - Catherine Harris
- Final Retribution - Henry Summersett
- Fitz-Maurice - William Frederick Williams
- Forbidden Apartments - William Linley
- Geschichte des europäischen Staatensystems - Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren
- The Hermit's Cell - Helen Craik
- The Life of Washington - Parson Weems
- Logik - Immanuel Kant
- Memoirs of Modern Philosophers - Elizabeth Hamilton
- The Nocturnal Visit - Regina Marie Roche
- Rimualdo - William Henry Ireland
- The Romance of the Castle - Jane Elson
- Serena - Catherine Selden
- System des transcendentalen Idealismus - Friedrich Schelling
- The Vicar of Lansdowne - Regina Marie Roche
Births
- January 6 - Anna Maria Hall, novelist
- March 25 - Alexis Paulin Paris, editor of medieval French manuscripts
- May 5 - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher
- October 18 - Sir Henry Taylor, dramatist
- October 25 - Thomas Macaulay, poet
- November 27 - Fanny Kemble
Deaths
- January 22 - George Steevens, Shakespearean commentator
- February 22 - Joseph Warton
- March 14 - Daines Barrington
- March 29 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
- April 25 - William Cowper, poet