1789 in literature
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Events
- Friedrich Schiller is appointed professor of history and philosophy at Jena.
- The Children's Magazine, the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months.
New books
- Elizabeth Bonhôte - Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy
- William Hill Brown's sentimental epistolatory novel The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston.
- Richard Cumberland - Arundel
- Ann Radcliffe - The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
- James White - Earl Strongbow
New drama
- Elizabeth Inchbald - The Married Man
- Ann Yearsley - Earl Goodwin
New poetry
Main article: 1789 in poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- January 11 - John Payne Collier
- November 15 - James Scholefield
- December 28 – Catharine Sedgwick, American writer (died 1867)
Deaths
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