1748 in literature

See also: 1747 in literature, other events of 1748, 1749 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Adventures of Roderick Random - Tobias Smollett
• The Castle of Indolence - James Thomson
• De l'esprit des lois - Montesquieu
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - David Hume
• Les Mœurs - François-Vincent Toussaint

Births

• January 1 - Gottfried August Bürger, German poet (died 1794)
• February 15 - Jeremy Bentham
• April 27 - Pierre-Louis Ginguené, French author
• May 7 - Olympe de Gouges, dramatist

Deaths

• August 27 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (born 1700)
• September 21 - John Balguy, English philosopher (born 1686)
• November 25 : Isaac Watts