This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1753. Quick Facts List of years in literature (table) ... List of years in literature (table) … 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 … In poetry 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +... vte Close Events c. January – Mercy Seccombe, having emigrated from Harvard, Massachusetts to Nova Scotia, Canada, begins the earliest recorded diary by a woman in North America.[1] February 1 – Christopher Smart makes his last contribution to the Paper War of 1752–1753, with The Hilliad, which one critic, Lance Bertelsen, describes as the "loudest broadside" of the war.[2] February 2 – Jane Austen's aunt Philadelphia, mother of Eliza de Feuillide, marries Tysoe Saul Hancock in India.[3] March 25 – Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia December – The Paper War of 1752–1753 comes to a close, with the withdrawal of everyone except John Hill[4] New books Fiction Sarah Fielding – The Adventures of David Simple, Volume the Last Eliza Haywood – The History of Jemmy and Jenny Samuel Richardson – The History of Sir Charles Grandison Tobias Smollett – The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom Drama Giacomo Casanova – La Moluccheide Kitty Clive – The Rehearsal Samuel Foote – The Englishman in Paris Richard Glover – Boadicea Carlo Goldoni The Mistress of the Inn (La locandiera) Servant of Two Masters (Il servitore di due padroni, revised) Henry Jones – The Earl of Essex Edward Moore – The Gamester Voltaire – L'Orphelin de la Chine Edward Young – The Brothers Poetry Main article: 1753 in poetry John Armstrong – Taste Thomas Cooke – An Ode on Benevolence Robert Dodsley – Public Virtue Thomas Franklin – Translation Richard Gifford – Contemplation Thomas Gray and Richard Bentley the younger – Designs by Mr. R. Bently for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray Henry Jones – Merit William Kenrick – The Whole Duty of Woman Heyat Mahmud – Hitaggyānbāṇī; Bengali[5] Christopher Smart – The Hilliad Thomas Warton – The Union George Whitefield – Hymns for Social Worship Non-fiction Theophilus Cibber – The Lives of the Poets Jane Collier – An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting William Hogarth – The Analysis of Beauty David Hume – Essays and Treatises Charlotte Lennox – Shakespear Illustrated, or, The novels and histories on which the plays of Shakespear are founded, vol. 1 Christopher Pitt et al. – The Works of Virgil in Latin and English Thomas Richards of Coychurch – Antiquæ linguæ Britannicæ thesaurus Henry St. John – A Letter to Sir William Windham John Toland – Hypatia William Warburton – The Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion Births March 8 – William Roscoe, English historian and miscellaneous writer (died 1831) March 13 – József Fabchich, Hungarian translator of Greek and lexicographer (died 1809) April 8 – Pigault-Lebrun, French novelist and playwright (died 1835) April 11 – Sophia Burrell, English poet and dramatist (died 1802) May 8 – Phillis Wheatley, African-American poet (died 1784) June 26 – Antoine de Rivarol, French Royalist writer (died 1801) July 8 – Ann Yearsley, née Cromartie, English poet, writer and library proprietor (died 1806) August 11 – Thomas Bewick, English engraver, writer and natural historian (died 1828) September 16 – Märta Helena Reenstierna, Swedish diarist (died 1841) October 15 – Elizabeth Inchbald, English novelist, dramatist and actress (died 1821) October 16 – Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German Protestant theologian (died 1827) Deaths January 14 – Bishop George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (born 1685) May 11 – Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy, French theologian (born 1677) May 23 – Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Polish dramatist (born 1705) June 13 – Marie Huber, Swiss theologian, editor and translator (born 1695) September 18 – Hristofor Zhefarovich, Macedonian artist and poet (date of birth unknown) November – Giuseppe Valentini, Italian poet, composer and painter (born 1681) November 24 – Nicholas Mann, English antiquarian (date of birth unknown) Unknown dates John Richardson, English Quaker preacher and autobiographer (born 1667) References [1]Oak Island Theories: Reverend Seccombe [2]Lance Bertelsen, "'Neutral Nonsense, neither False nor True': Christopher Smart and the Paper War(s) of 1752–53". In Christopher Smart and the Enlightenment, edited by Clement Hawes, p. 144. New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1999. ISBN 9780312213695. [3]Paul Poplawski (1998). A Jane Austen Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-0-313-30017-2. [4]Poetical Works p. 443. [5]Wakil Ahmed (2012). "Heyat Mamud". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 11 February 2025. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.