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Overview of the events of 1775 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1775.
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January 30 –
Walter Savage Landor, English poet (died
1864)
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February 10 –
Charles Lamb, English essayist (died
1834)
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February 28 –
Sophie Tieck, German poet (died
1833)
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May 13 –
Henry Crabb Robinson, English man of letters and diarist (died
1867)
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June 15 –
Elizabeth Benger, English biographer, novelist and poet (died
1827)
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July 9 –
Matthew Lewis, English novelist and dramatist (died
1818)
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August 2 –
William Henry Ireland, English forger of Shakespeariana (died
1835)
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September 13 –
Mary Rolls, English poet (died
1835)
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December 16 –
Jane Austen, English novelist (died
1817)
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