See also: 1799 in literature, other events of 1800, 1801 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• The United States creates the Library of Congress.

New Books

• 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 Weem
• 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

• March 25 - Alexis Paulin Paris, editor of medieval French manuscripts
• October 25 - Thomas Macaulay, poet

Deaths

• April 25 - William Cowper, poet

Awards