1796 in literature

See also: 1795 in literature, other events of 1796, 1797 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Watchman (periodical) - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• A Letter to a Noble Lord - Edmund Burke
• Camilla - Fanny Burney
• Memoirs of My Life and Writings - Edward Gibbon

Births

• January 4 - Henry George Bohn, publisher
• September 19 - Hartley Coleridge
• July 15 - Thomas Bulfinch, American author

Deaths

• July 21 - Robert Burns

Awards