1755 in literature
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See also: 1754 in literature, other events of 1755, 1756 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Fort Duquesne, the French defeat the English.
- Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary of the English language.
- Paradise Lost is translated into French prose by Louis Racine.
[edit] New Books
- Mémoires de Madame de Maintenon
- Thomas Amory - Memoirs of Several Ladies of Great Britain
- Theophilus Cibber - An Epistle to David Garrick
- Philip Doddridge - Hymns Founded on Various Texts
- Henry Fielding - The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
- James Hervey - Theron and Aspasio
- Benjamin Hoadly - Twenty Sermons
- Francis Hutcheson - A System of Moral Philosophy
- Samuel Johnson - A Dictionary of the English Language
- Frederic Louis Norden - Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie
- Charles Wesley - An Epistle to John Wesley
- Edward Young - The Centaur not Fabulous
[edit] Poetry
- John Byrom - Epistle in Defence of Rhyme
- George Colman, the Elder and Bonnell Thornton - Poems by Eminent Laides
- John Gilbert Cooper - The Tomb of Shakespear
- David Dalrymple - Edom of Gordon
- Stephen Duck - Caesar's Camp
[edit] Fiction
- Charlotte Charke - The History of Mr. Henry Dumont and Miss Charlotte Evelyn
- Eliza Haywood as "Exploralibus" - The Invisible Spy
- Samuel Richardson - A Collection of ... Sentiments
- John Shebbeare - Letters on the English Nation
- Tobias Smollett - The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote
[edit] Drama
- John Brown - Barbarosa
- John Cleland - Titus Vespasian
- Thomas Francklin - The Orphan of China
- David Garrick - The Fairies (opera)
- David Mallet - Britannia
[edit] Births
- February 21 : Anne Grant (died 1838)
- George Dyer
- Marie Antoinette
[edit] Deaths
- February 10 : Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (born 1689)
