1794 in literature
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Events
- Robert Southey's first collection of poetry is published.
- Thomas Holcroft is indicted for treason as a member of the Society for Constitutional Information, but is released without charge.
- Ludwig Tieck graduates and begins his literary career.
New Books
- Caleb Williams - William Godwin
- Memoirs of my own Life - Edward Gibbon
- The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
- The Baviad - William Gifford
- The Jew (comedy) - Richard Cumberland
- The Mysteries of Udolpho -Ann Radcliffe
- The Pursuits of Literature - Thomas James Mathias
- The Travels of Dean Mahomet - Dean Mahomed
- View of the Evidences of Christianity - William Paley
- Caton d'Utique (play)- François Juste Marie Raynouard
Births
Deaths
- January 16 - Edward Gibbon
- April 13 - Nicolas Chamfort
- April 27 - Sir William Jones (philologist)
- June 3 - Girolamo Tiraboschi
- June 8 - Gottfried August Bürger
- July 24 - Jean-Antoine Roucher and André Chénier, French poets (guillotined)
