1812 in literature
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See also: 1811 in literature, other events of 1812, 1813 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Series of lectures on drama and Shakespeare - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Frederick Marryat is promoted to lieutenant after distinguished service at sea in the War of 1812.
New books
- The Absentee - Maria Edgeworth
- Arrivals from India - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (poetry) - Lord Byron
- The Confessional of Valombre - Louisa Stanhope
- Cursory Reflections on Political and Commercial Topics - John Galt
- Declaration of Rights - Percy Shelley
- Emilie de Coulanges - Maria Edgeworth
- The Fortress del Vechii - Ann Hatton
- The Literary Anecdotes of the 18th Century, volume 1 - John Nichols
- The Loyalists: An Historical Novel - Jane West
- The Milesian Chief - Charles Robert Maturin
- The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss
- The Vindictive Spirit - Bridget Bluemantle
- Vivian - Maria Edgeworth
Births
- February 7 - Charles Dickens, English writer (d. 1870)
- May 7 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
- May 12 - Edward Lear English writer (d. 1888)
- June 18 - Ivan Goncharov Russian writer (d. 1891)
- July 5 - Antonio García Gutiérrez, Spanish dramatist (d. 1884)
- August 22 – Geraldine Jewsbury, British author (d. 1880)
- Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet
Deaths
- November 16 - John Walter, founder of The Times newspaper
- December 22 - Pierre Henri Larcher, classical scholar