1805 in literature
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See also: 1804 in literature, other events of 1805, 1806 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Friedrich Schiller introduces his new play, Wilhelm Tell
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge appointed Acting Public Secretary in Malta
New books
- The Bravo of Venice - Matthew Gregory Lewis
- The Child of the Abbey - Sophia Woodfall
- The Chronicles of Christabelle de Mowbray - Elizabeth Helme
- Confessions of the Nun of St. Omer - Charlotte Dacre
- Gondez the Monk - William Henry Ireland
- The Lay of the Last Minstrel (poetry) - Sir Walter Scott
- The Modern Griselda - Maria Edgeworth
- My Master's Secret - R. P. M. Yorke
- The Nuns of the Desert - Eugenia de Acton
- The Pilgrims of the Cross - Elisabeth Helme
- Rameau's Nephew - Denis Diderot
- Rhymes on Art - Sir Martin Archer Shee
- A Sailor's Friendship, and A Soldier's Love - Anna Maria Porter
- The Saracen - Sophie Ristaud Cottin
- Villa Nova - Catherine Selden
- The Witcheries of Craig Isaf - William Frederick Williams
- The Witches of Glenshiel - Mary Julia Young
- The Wonder of the Village - Mary Meeke
Births
- February 4 - William Harrison Ainsworth, novelist (+ 1882)
- April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen, writer (+ 1875)
- July 29 - Alexis de Tocqueville, writer (+ 1859)
- August 29 - Frederick Maurice, theologian and novelist
Deaths
- March 29 - Jean Elliot, Scottish poet
- May 9 - Friedrich Schiller, German playwright
- May 25 - William Paley, philosopher
- June 18 - Arthur Murphy, who wrote as "Charles Ranger"
- July 27 - Brian Merriman, Irish language poet
- August 3 - Christopher Anstey, poet
- September 3 - Johann Martin Abele, publisher