1791 in literature
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See also: 1790 in literature, other events of 1791, 1792 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge begins his course at Jesus College, Cambridge.
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New books
- Life of Johnson - James Boswell
- A Simple Story - Elizabeth Inchbald
- The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
- Celestina - Charlotte Turner Smith
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Births
- March 15 - Charles Knight, publisher and author
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Deaths
- January 11 - William Williams Pantycelyn, hymn-writer and poet
- March 2 - John Wesley
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