1746 in literature
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See also: 1745 in literature, other events of 1746, 1747 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Voltaire is elected to the French Academy.
- The oldest manuscript of Jean de Joinville's Life of Saint Louis is rediscovered in Brussels.
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New books
- Astronomie nautique, volume 2 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis
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Births
- January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer
- March 27 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet
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Deaths
- February 4 - Robert Blair, Scottish poet
- May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist
- December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)