1750 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1750.

Events

March – The Rambler is founded by Edward Cave; it lasts for 208 issues, and is mostly written by Samuel Johnson.^[1]
March 5 – Shakespeare's Richard II (in Colley Cibber's version) is presented at their theatre on Nassau Street (Manhattan) by Walter Murray and Thomas Kean,^[2] the earliest known significant professional performance of Shakespeare in North America.
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- Weekly meetings for contributors to the Encyclopédie begin, at the salon of Baron d'Holbach.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau wins the prize of the Academy of Dijon for his Discourse on the Arts and Sciences.
- London theatres wage "the Romeo and Juliet war" – competing productions appear with David Garrick and Anne Bellamy at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and with Spranger Barry and Susannah Cibber at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
- Old Orchard Street Theatre opens in Bath (England) under the management of John Palmer, with a performance of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2.^[3]
- Carlo Goldoni commits himself to writing a comedy for each week of the 1750–1751 seasons at Gerolamo Medebach's Teatro San Angelo in Venice – 16 plays.^[4]
After taking an M.D. at Aberdeen, Tobias Smollett travels in France, collecting material for The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.

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John Barrow – Navigatio Britannica
William Blackstone – An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity
Samuel Bownas – A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister
John Campbell – The Present State of Europe
Zachary Grey – A Free and Familiar Letter to William Warburton
Eliza Haywood – A Present for Women Addicted to Drinking (on the Gin crisis)
Francis Hutcheson – Reflections Upon Laughter (philosophy of humor)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Discourse on the Arts and Sciences^[5]
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (died 1695), edited by Alexander Pope – A Character of King Charles the Second: and political, moral and miscellaneous thoughts and reflections
Laurence Sterne – The Abuses of Conscience
Madeleine de Puisieux – La Femme n’est pas inférieure à l'homme (Woman is not inferior to man)

January 7 – Robert Anderson, Scottish critic (died 1803)
June 13 – James Burney, English rear-admiral and naval writer (died 1821)
September 5 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet writing in Braid Scots (died 1774)
October 21 – Juraj Fándly, Slovak non-fiction writer, entomologist and priest (died 1811)
October 31 – Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna, Portuguese noblewoman, painter, and poet (died 1839)^[6]
unknown date – Henrietta Maria Bowdler, English author and expurgator (died 1830)

Book: Thomas Lockwood. Ronald Paulson. Henry Fielding: The Critical Heritage. 31 October 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-17124-6. 13.
Web site: Theatre in NYC: A Brief History I . John . Kenrick . Musicals101. 2015-10-16.
Web site: Walking with the greats . MQ magazine . 2011-02-14 . July 2004.
Book: Holme, Timothy . Timothy Holme
. Timothy Holme . 1976 . A Servant of Many Masters: The Life and Times of Carlo Goldoni . London . Jupiter . 0-904041-61-1.
Web site: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712—1778) . Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy . 23 March 2019.
Book: Avila e de Bolama . Antonio José de Avila . A marqueza d'Alorna; algumas noticias authenticas para a historia da muito illustre e eminente escriptora que os poetas seus contemporaneos denominaram Alcipe . 1916 . Lisboa Impr. de M.L. Torres . 52 . 24 March 2019.
Book: John Lauris Blake. A General Biographical Dictionary.... 1840. James Kay, Jun. & Bro.. 1019.