1736 in literature

See also: 1735 in literature, other events of 1736, 1737 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• Analogy of Religion - Joseph Butler
• The Fatal Curiosity (play) - George Lillo

Births

• May 10 - George Steevens, English Shakesperean commentator
• October 27 - James Macpherson, Scottish poet
• Robert Jephson, Irish dramatist

Deaths

• Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and bibliographer