1806 in literature
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See also: 1805 in literature, other events of 1806, 1807 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Noah Webster publishes his first English dictionary.
New books
- The Anglo-Saxons - Leslie Armstrong
- The Castle of Tynemouth - Jane Harvey
- Feudal Tyrants - Matthew Gregory Lewis
- The Heirs of Villeroy - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
- Lady Maclairn, The Victim of Villany - Rachel Hunter
- Leonora - Maria Edgeworth
- Montbrasil Abbey - Louisa Stanhope
- The Mysterious Freebooter - Francis Lathom
- Santo Sebastiano - Catherine Cuthbertson
- The Spanish Outlaw - William Herbert
- Vensenshon - Harriet Butler
- Vivonio - Sophia Frances
- The Wild Irish Girl - Lady Morgan
- Zofloya - Charlotte Dacre
Births
- March 6 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (+ 1861)
- April 17 - William Gilmore Simms, author (+ 1870)
- July 20 - John Sterling, author
- August 31 - Charles Lever, Anglo-Irish novelist (+ 1872)
Deaths
- February 12 - Gabriel-Henri Gaillard, French historian
- February 24 - Collin d'Harleville, French dramatist
- March 3 - Heinrich Christian Boie, German poet and editor
- April 4 - Carlo Gozzi, Venetian dramatist
- October 28 - Charlotte Turner Smith, poet and novelist
- November 23 - Sir Roger Newdigate, founder of the Newdigate prize