1769 in literature
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See also: 1768 in literature, other events of 1769, 1770 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Thomas Chatterton sends "Rowley"'s History of England to Horace Walpole.
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New books
- The Brothers (comedy) - Richard Cumberland
- The Fatal Discovery (play) - John Home
- The History of Emily Montague - Frances Brooke (the first novel written in Canada)
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Births
- February 9 - Susette Gontard, lover of German poet Friedrich Hölderlin
- May 21 - John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author
- November 12 - Amelia Opie
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