Literature year 1806

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Literature year 1806
Thomas Gainsborough : Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire , (1757-1806)	Charlotte-Jeanne Béraud de la Haye de Riou, Marquise de Montesson (1738–1806)
Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne (1734–1806)	Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806)
Joseph Emanuel Hilscher (1806–1837), lithograph by Johann Stadler	Vincent Jacob of Zuccalmaglio (1806–1876)
Émile de Girardin (1806–1881), photograph by Nadar	Portrait of Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre (1806–1879) by Ferdinand Krumholz , 1848

Events

• October 31 : The German poet and translator and Clemens Brentano's first wife , Sophie Mereau (* 1771 ), dies giving birth to her third child. None of the children will survive childhood.
• November 3rd : The Spanish publicist and writer José Clavijo y Fajardo (* 1727 ) dies in Madrid , on whose life and his love for a sister of Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Clavigo is based.
• December 14th : William Shakespeare's Heinrich VIII. Is premiered in German at the Hofbühne Stuttgart in the translation by Ludwig Schubart .
• Achim von Arnim published the magazine for hermits from 1806 .
• The German writer and Salonnière of Jewish descent Rahel Levin is finishing the first phase of her literary salon in Berlin .
• François-René de Chateaubriand undertakes a tour of several months through Italy , Greece , Palestine , North Africa and Spain . In Jerusalem he was awarded the knighthood of the Holy Sepulcher . He later describes the journey in Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem (1811) in a mixture of a picturesque description and a romantic-melancholy retrospective.
• Friedrich Schlegel finishes his critique of philosophical systems after two years .
• The political and military events in Europe in 1805 and 1806 had a lasting impact on the literary scene in German-speaking countries: Johann Gottfried Seume wrote The Bourbonide fell through the ax ... as a warning to Napoleon Bonaparte , Friedrich Hölderlin publishes the equally romantic-patriotic Die Heimat und Karl Friedrich Müchler addresses one of his poems directly to the Germans
• Noah Webster publishes the A Compendium Dictionary of the English Language with around 28,000 entries. The greatly expanded, two-volume edition appears in 1828 under the title An American Dictionary of the English Language
• The Stockholm Opera will be temporarily closed until 1809.
• The Adelphi Theater and the Olympic Theater open in London .
• The Maly Theater in Moscow is founded.

New releases

Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884)

Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)

Amalie Baader (1806–1877)

Désiré Nisard (1806-1888)

Emil Adolf Roßmaessler (1806–1867)

Alexander Graf von Auersperg , (1806–1876)

Ernst von Feuchtersleben (1806–1849), portrait engraving by Franz Xaver Stöber after Josef Danhauser

Portrait of JH Belloc: Émile Souvestre , (1806–1854), around 1850, Musée de Morlaix

Friedrich Halm , (1806–1871), lithograph by Joseph Kriehuber 1858

prose

• Constance de Cazenove d'Arlens - Lettres de Clémence et d'Hippolite
• Achim von Arnim - Des Knaben Wunderhorn - 3 parts to 1806
• Leslie Armstrong - The Anglo-Saxons
• Harriet Butler - Vensenshon
• Catherine Cuthbertson - Santo Sebastiano
• Charlotte Dacre - Zofloya; or, the Moor: A Romance of the Fifteenth Century
• Maria Edgeworth - Leonora
• Sophia Frances - Vivonio
• Jane Harvey - Tynemouth Castle
• William Herbert - The Spanish Outlaw
• Rachel Hunter - Lady Maclairn, The Victim of Villany
• Francis Lathom - The Mysterious Freebooter
• Matthew Gregory Lewis - Feudal Tyrants
• Lady Morgan - The Wild Irish Girl
• Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - The Heirs of Villeroy
• Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Paul et Virginie
• Louisa Stanhope - Montbrasil Abbey

drama

• Richard Cumberland - Hint to Husbands
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Stella (world premiere)
• Ivan Krylov - The Fashion Store (World Premiere)
• Leandro Fernández de Moratín - Le Oui des jeunes filles (world premiere)
• Ludwig Robert - The Sylphs . Magic opera based on Gozzi

Poetry

• Ugo Foscolo - I sepolcri
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe - The sonnet
• Friedrich Hölderlin - The home
• Karl Friedrich Müchler - To the Germans
• Johann Gottfried Seume - The Bourbonide fell through the ax ...
• Johann Gottfried Seume - The time of poetry is over
• Jane & Ann Taylor - Rhymes for the Nursery
• Jacopo Vittorelli - Rime

Non-fiction

• Johann Christoph Adelung - Mithridates, a History of Language and Dialects (English translation)
• Ernst Moritz Arndt - The journey through Sweden in 1804
• Antoine-Alexandre Barbier - Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes (Volume 1).
• Conversation lexicon with excellent consideration of the present times.
• Charles Pinot Duclos - Œuvres complètes (posthumous)
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte - Report on the science of science
• Antoine Galland - Les Mille et Une Nuits (translation)
• Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier - Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce (Volume 2.1)
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Phenomenology of Mind
• Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck - Discours d'ouverture du cours des animaux sans vertèbres
• James Madison - An Examination of the British Doctrine which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade not Open in Time of Peace
• Johann Georg Meusel - Lexicon of German writers who died between 1750 and 1800 (Volume 6)
• Charles Nodier - Les Tristes ou Mélanges tirés des tablettes d'un suicidé
• Gabriel Peignot - Dictionnaire des livres condamnés au feu
• John Sibthorp - Flora Graeca
• Valentin Vodnik - Pesme za pokušino
• Ludwig Wilhelm Weißenborn - Letters about the civil independence of women

Born

• January 22nd : Antonio Caccia the Elder , Swiss writer in the Italian language († 1875 )
• January 22nd : Joseph Emanuel Hilscher , Austrian poet († 1837 )
• 0February 1 : Jane Williams (Ysgafell) , English poet, folklorist and historian († 1885 )
• 0February 5 : Robert Montgomery Bird , American writer († 1854 )
• 0February 7 : Charles Fenno Hoffman , American journalist and writer († 1884 )
• 0March 3 : Karl Theodor Albert Liebner , German Lutheran theologian, philologist and historian († 1871 )
• 0March 3 : Emil Adolf Roßäßler , German naturalist, politician and folk writer († 1867 )
• 0March 6 : Elizabeth Barrett Browning , English poet († 1861 )
• March 15 : Amalie Baader , German writer and co-founder of the St. Vincentius Association († 1877 )
• March 18 : Fredéric Armand Strubberg , German traveler to America and writer († 1889 )
• March 20 : Désiré Nisard , French literary historian († 1888 )
• March 21 : Wilhelm Theodor von Chézy , German-French writer, novelist, translator and journalist († 1865 )
• 0April 2 : Friedrich Halm , Austrian poet, novelist and dramatist († 1871 )
• 0April 3 : Iwan Wassiljewitsch Kirejewski , Russian writer and publicist († 1856 )
• 0April 6 : Ottmar Schönhuth , German writer, local researcher and pastor († 1864 )
• April 11 : Alexander Graf von Auersperg , Austrian poet and politician († 1876 )
• April 15 : Émile Souvestre , French novelist and stage poet († 1854 )
• April 17 : William Gilmore Simms , English writer († 1870 )
• April 22nd : Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg , German narrator, poet and painter († 1868 )
• April 29 : Ernst von Feuchtersleben , Austrian popular philosopher, doctor, poet and essayist († 1849 )
• April 30 : Charles-Theodor Cogniard together with his brother Jean-Hippolyte Cogniard (1807–1882), French playwright and theater director, who wrote 200 comedies, revues, fairy tale games and operettas († 1872 )
• May 20 : John Stuart Mill , English philosopher († 1873 )
• May 26th : Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio , called Montanus , Bergisch writer and poet († 1876 )
• 0June 9 : Ernst von Bibra , German naturalist and writer († 1878 )
• June 18 : Charlotte Stieglitz , German writer († 1834 )
• June 20 : Friedrich Beck German poet and scholar († 1888 )
• June 22nd : Émile de Girardin , French author, journalist and publisher († 1881 )
• July 19 : Lorenz Diefenbach , German librarian, pastor, Germanist, lexicographer and German national writer († 1883 )
• July 20 : John Sterling , English writer († 1844 )
• August 12 : Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac , French publicist, journalist, historian and politician († 1880 )
• August 20 : Leopold Bornitz German doctor and writer who was close to Heinrich Laube's literary circle († 1853 )
• August 31 : Charles Lever , Anglo-Irish novelist († 1874 )
• September : Michel Delaporte , French stage poet († 1872 )
• 0September 6 : Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch , Spanish poet († 1880 )
• September 18 : Heinrich Laube , German writer, playwright and theater director and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly († 1884 )
• September 28 : Ferdinand Stolle , German journalist and writer († 1872 )
• October 27 : Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg , Austrian author and patron († 1873 )
• 0November 2 : Manuel de Araújo Porto-alegre , Brazilian poet († 1878 )
• November 12 : Josef Jaroslav Langer , Czech journalist and poet († 1846 )
• November 13 : Alfred Nicolovius , German legal scholar, university professor and author († 1890 )
• November 20 : Jean Hippolyte Michon , French writer and founder of modern graphology († 1881 )
• November 22 : Charles Augustus Murray , English writer and diplomat († 1895 )
• December 10 : Pavao Štoos , Croatian poet and priest as well as an important figure in the Illyrian movement in Croatia († 1862 )
• December 25th : Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois , French theater poet († 1871 )
• December 27 : Gustav Kühne , German writer and literary critic († 1888 )
• without exact date: Luitpold Baumblatt German Jewish-Catholic convert, educator, specialist book author and local writer († 1877 )
• no exact date: Antonie von Cosmar , German writer, translator and fashion editor († 1870 )

Died

Heinrich Christian Boie (1744–1806)

Cosimo Alessandro Collini (1727–1806)

Karoline von Günderrode , (1780–1806), anonymous painting, around 1800; Historical Museum, Frankfurt Main

Johann Anton Leisewitz (1752–1806)

Charlotte Turner Smith (1749–1806) drawn by George Romney

Sophie Mereau (1771-1806)

• January 21 : Friedrich August Weber , German city doctor, writer and composer (* 1753 )
• January 30th : Christian Friedrich Quandt , German doctor and writer (* 1766 )
• January 31 : Gottlieb Ignaz von Ezdorf , German privy councilor, chamberlain and writer (* 1743 )
• February : Mungo Park , British explorer and travel writer (* 1771 )
• 0February 1 : Charles-Nicolas Favart , French actor and writer (* 1749 )
• 0February 3 : Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne , French novelist and pioneer of verism and naturalism (* 1734 )
• 0February 5 : Charlotte-Jeanne Béraud de la Haye de Riou, Marquise de Montesson , also known as Madame de Montesson , French noblewoman and writer (* 1738 )
• February 13 : Gabriel-Henri Gaillard , French historian (* 1726 )
• February 24th : Jean-François Collin d'Harleville , French playwright (* 1755 )
• February 25 : Heinrich Christian Boie , German poet and editor (* 1744 )
• 0March 7th : Ernst Carl Ludwig Ysenburg von Buri , German writer (* 1747 )
• March 21 : Cosimo Alessandro Collini , Florentine nobleman, Voltaire's secretary and court historiographer at the Mannheim court (* 1727 )
• March 30th : Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire , English nobleman and writer (* 1757 )
• 0April 4 : Carlo Gozzi , Venetian author and playwright (* 1720 )
• 0June 3 : Christian Wilhelm Alers , German clerical poet, philosopher and preacher (* 1737 )
• July 25 : Friedrich Gustav Arvelius , Estonian-Baltic German writer and enlightener (* 1753 )
• July 26 : Karoline von Günderode , German poet (* 1780 )
• 0August 4th : Johann Gottfried Hagemeister , German actor, poet, publicist and teacher (* 1762 )
• September 10 : Johann Christoph Adelung , librarian, linguist (* 1732 )
• September 10 : Johann Anton Leisewitz , German author, lawyer and writer (* 1752 )
• September 27 : Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg , Grand Chamberlain and Minister of State of Baden; from 1778 also director of the National Theater in Mannheim (* 1750)
• October 19 : Henry Kirke White , English poet (* 1785 )
• October 28 : Charlotte Turner Smith , English writer, poet and translator of French prose (* 1749 )
• October 31 : Sophie Mereau , German Romantic writer (* 1770 )
• 0November 3 : José Clavijo y Fajardo , Spanish publicist and writer (* 1726 )
• November 23 : Sir Roger Newdigate , founder of the Newdigate Prize (* 1719 )
• without exact date: Sakurada Jisuke I. , Japanese kabuki author (* 1734 )

Web links

Commons : Literary Works of 1806  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Austrian newspapers of 1806 in AustriaN Newspaper Online (ANNO) of the Austrian National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich G. Hoffmann / Herbert Rösch : Foundations, styles, shapes of German literature. A historical account. Hirschgraben-Verlag, 12th edition Frankfurt am Main 1983, p. 188. ISBN 3-454-33701-1 .
2. ^ Wilhelm Heinse : records. Records 1784–1803. - Commentary on Volume II. Hanser Verlag, Munich / Vienna 2005, p. 359.
3. ↑ María de los Ángeles Calatayud Arinero: Catálogo crítico de los documentos del Real Gabinete de Historia Natural, 1787–1815. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid 2000, p. XIII.
4. ↑ Sandra Rebok: Traspasar Fronteras: Un siglo de intercambio científico entre España y Alemania. (= Beyond borders: a century of German-Spanish academic relations), DAAD / CSIC, Madrid / Berlin 2010, p. 42.
5. ^ Hansjürgen Blinn / Wolf Gerhard Schmidt: Shakespeare-German: Bibliography of translations and arrangements. At the same time, the inventory of the Shakespeare translations of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weimar Schmidt, Berlin 2003, p. 129.
6. ↑ Sulamith Sparre: Rahel Levin Varnhagen (1771–1833): Salonnière, enlightener, self-thinker, romantic individualist, Jewish . Edition AV, Lich 2007. ( Resistant women, Vol. 3), ISBN 978-3-936049-76-3 .
7. ↑ Carola Stern : The text of my heart: The life of Rahel Varnhagen . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 3-499-13901-4 .
8. ↑ Johann Gottfried Seume: My life. With the addenda by Georg Joachim Göschen and Christian August Heinrich Clodius; reissued and annotated by Rolf Max Kully. Basel 1972, p. 88 f.
9. ↑ German poetry from the baroque to the present. Edited by Gerhard Hay and Sibylle von Steinsdorff , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-423-02077-6 , pp. 131-135.
10. ↑ Hellmuth Winter: literary history of German language, poetry and rhetoric as a guide for lectures on beautiful national literature at learned schools and universities. Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1829, p. 402.
11. ^ A Compendium Dictionary of the English Language on en.wikisource.org
12. ↑ Felicia Hardison Londré / Berthold, Margot: The history of world theater: from the English restoration to the present. Continuum International Publishing Group 1999. p. 307, ISBN 0-826-41167-3 .
13. ↑ In: Goethe's works. Vol. 1, Tübingen 1806, p. 95.
14. ^ In: Württembergisches Taschenbuch for the year 1806 for friends of the fatherland. Ludwigsburg [1806], p. 72 f.
15. ↑ In: Minerva. A journal of historical and political content. Published by JW Aschenholz, Hamburg June 1806, p. 551 f.
16. ^ Johann Gottfried Seume : Mein Sommer 1805. Leipzig 1806. P. 129 f.
17. ^ Johann Gottfried Seume: Mein Sommer 1805. Leipzig 1806. P. 146 ff.