1780 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1780. Events September/October – Richard Brinsley Sheridan is elected to Parliament in the 1780 British general election. December – Karl von Marinelli becomes head of the Schultz theatre company (Schultzsche Gesellschaft) of Baden. unknown dates Det Dramatiske Selskab in Christiania, an amateur acting troupe, is formed and gives the first regular stage performances in Norway. A legal deposit law entitles the Załuski Library in Warsaw to a copy of every book published in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. New books Fiction Elizabeth Blower – The Parsonage House Herbert Croft – Love and Madness Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire – The Sylph Thomas Holcroft – Alwyn Samuel Jackson Pratt – Emma Corbett, or, The miseries of civil war