1784 in literature
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See also: 1783 in literature, other events of 1784, 1785 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Gottlieb Jakob Planck becomes professor of theology at Göttingen

New Books

• Sketches of History - William Godwin
• The Follies of the Day - Thomas Holcroft's translation of Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro

Births

Deaths

• Samuel Johnson

Awards

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