1772 in literature
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See also: 1771 in literature, other events of 1772, 1773 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- The Marquis de Sade is convicted of sodomy and poisoning and receives a death sentence; he escapes.
- Thomas Paine produces his first published work, a political article entitled Case of the Officers of Excise.
- Gottfried August Bürger obtains a magistracy and is reconciled with his family.
- Charles Burney tours Europe, researching for his History of Music.
- Hannah More arrives in London.
New books
- Henry Brooke - The Fool of Quality
- Robert Fergusson - The Daft Days
- The Encyclopédie in 28 volumes by Diderot, d'Alembert, and many others.
New drama
- Richard Cumberland - The Fashionable Lover
- Gotthold Lessing - Emilia Calotti
Non-fiction
- Jinny Jenks - A Tour through Wales
Births
- April 11 - Manuel José Quintana, poet
- May 2 - Novalis, poet and philosopher
- October 21 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
- November 17 - Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers, dramatist
- November 28 - Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, classical commentator and philologist
- December 6 - Henry Cary, author, editor and translator
- date unknown - James Ballantyne, editor and publisher
Deaths
- March 26 - Charles Pinot Duclos, novelist and historian
- March 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, philosopher
- May 22 - Durastante Natalucci, historian
- June - Thomas Whately, politician and writer
- June 18 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, philosopher
- October 7 - John Woolman, abolitionist author
- November 10 - Pedro Correia Garção, poet
- date unknown - Marie Favart, influential actress and wife of Charles Simon Favart
- date unknown - William Wilkie, poet
Awards
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