See also: 1805 in literature, other events of 1806, 1807 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

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
• 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

• April 4 - Carlo Gozzi, Venetian dramatist

Awards