Literature year 1782
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Siku Quanshu
The Siku Quanshu ( The Complete Library of the Four Treasures , 四庫 全書 , Sìkù Quánshū ), the largest book collection in Chinese history , will be completed after around nine years . The editorial staff consisted of 361 scientists, with Ji Yun and Lu Xixiong as editors-in-chief. Over 10,000 manuscripts from the imperial collection and other libraries were collected and recognized. About 3,000 documents were destroyed because they were classified as hostile to Manchu. Ultimately, 3461 books were selected for inclusion in the Siku Quanshu . They are bound in 36,381 volumes with more than 79,000 chapters. About 800 million Chinese characters can be found on the approximately 2.3 million pages . Four copies for the emperor are kept in specially built libraries in the Forbidden City , the Old Summer Palace , Shenyang and the Wenjin Chamber in Chengde . Three other copies for the public will be deposited in Siku quanshu libraries in Hangzhou , Zhenjiang and Yangzhou . All seven libraries also receive a copy of the imperial encyclopedia Gujin tushu jicheng from 1725 .
prose
- March 23 : The first edition of the letter novel Les Liaisons dangereuses ( Dangerous Liaisons ) , written by Pierre-Ambroise-François Choderlos de Laclos , appears in France . After four weeks, the 2000 printed copies are sold out.
- De Sade writes the essay Dialogue between a Priest and a Dying Man in prison . The text was not published until 1926 .
drama
- January 13th : Friedrich Schiller's drama Die Räuber is premiered in the Nationaltheater Mannheim . The public interest is great, as the print edition, which appeared a year earlier, caused quite a stir because of its open criticism of the feudal system. Theater director and director Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg wants to defuse the plot by moving it 300 years into the past. Leading actor August Wilhelm Iffland appears in the role of Franz Moor with contemporary clothing. The performance causes a scandal.
- Vittorio Alfieri : Saul
Scientific works, essays
- Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier : Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce vol. 1.
- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg : About the pronunciation of the Schupse of ancient Greece
- Friedrich Nicolai : Attempt on the accusations which have been made to the Temple order
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau : Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire and Les Confessions are published posthumously.
- Johann Georg Sulzer : Preliminary exercises to arouse attention
- Joseph Priestley : An History of the Corruptions of Christianity , is officially burned.
Born
- January 1 : Johann Gottfried Abraham Frenzel , German painter, engraver and art writer († 1855 )
- January 20 : Josef von Hormayr , Austrian historian († 1848 )
- February 2 : James Chalmers , Scottish printer and newspaper publisher in Dundee († 1853 )
- March 4 : Johann Rudolf Wyss , Swiss author († 1830 )
- March 7 : Franz Sartori , Austrian doctor and writer († 1832 )
- March 17 : Sophie von Kühn , German fiancée von Novalis († 1797 )
- May 3 : Pius Alexander Wolff , German actor and writer († 1828 )
- May 22 : Hirose Tansō , Japanese scholar, educator and writer († 1856 )
- June 29 : Hans Christian Lyngbye , Faroese editor of the first book in Faroese († 1837 )
- October 1 : Bernhard Joseph Docen , German Germanist, librarian and writer († 1828 )
- November 13 : Esaias Tegnér , Swedish poet († 1846 )
Died
- March: Johan Vibe , Norwegian poet (* 1748 )
- April 12 : Pietro Metastasio , Italian poet and librettist (* 1698 )
- May 22nd : Daniel Triller , German medic and writer (* 1695 )
- July 15 : Isaak Iselin , journalistic philosopher of history (* 1728 )
- Mathias Etenhueber , German poet (* 1722 )
Web links
- Austrian newspapers from 1782 in AustriaN Newspaper Online (ANNO) of the Austrian National Library