1781 in literature
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See also: 1780 in literature, other events of 1781, 1782 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Friedrich Schiller arrested after the first performance of his play, The Robbers

New Books

• Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant
• The British Prison-Ship (poetry) - Philip Freneau

Births

• January 26 - Achim von Arnim
• November 6 - Lucy Aikin

Deaths

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