1761 in literature

See also: 1760 in literature, other events of 1761, 1762 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Banishment of Cicero (tragedy) - Richard Cumberland
• Candide by Voltaire
• Christianity unveiled by Baron d'Holbach
• Introduction to the Art of Thinking - Henry Home, Lord Kames
• Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph by Frances Sheridan
• Le neveu de Rameau - Denis Diderot
• Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse" - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Births

• May 3 - August von Kotzebue
• September 8 - François Juste Marie Raynouard

Deaths

• April 15 - William Oldys
• July 4 - Samuel Richardson