Events noted in 1789

1789

Publication: “Unanswerable objections against the Abolition of the Slave-Trade,” by Adair, James Makittrick physician

Publication: “Essays on Fashionable Diseases,” by Adair, James Makittrick physician

Died: Adams, William master of Pembroke College

Died: Albon, Claude Camille, Francois Count D' was born at Lyons in 1753

Publication: “Auctuarium ad Flora Pedemontana,” by Allioni, Charles physician

Publication: “Dictionnaire Tatarmantcheou-Français,” by Amiot, Father one of the most learned French missionaries in China

Died: Amory, Thomas esq. the son of counsellor Amory

Publication: “Observations on Slavery; particularly with a view to its efforts on the British Colonies in the West Indies,” by Anderson, James writer

Publication: “Recherches historiques et geographiques sur ITnde,” by Anquetil-Duperron, Abraham Hyacinth was born at Paris

Publication: “Petri Artedi Synonymia Piscium,” by Artedi, Peter naturalist

Publication: “An introductory essay to the knowledge of Animals and Minerals,” by Batsch, Augustus John George Charles a learned contributor to the science of Botany

Died: Beauzee, Nicholas one of the French academy

Died: Belgrado, James mathematician

Publication: “The Friends, or the benevolent Planters,” by Bellamy, Thomas writer

Died: Benvenuti, Charles Jesuit

Publication: “Refutation du Contrat Social,” by Berthier, William Francis writer

Publication: “New Military Library,” by Boehm, Andrew privy- counsellor of the landgrave of Hesse

Publication: “Abregè chronologique des principaux faits arrives depuis Henoch jusqu'a. Jesus Christ,” by Borde, John Benjamin De La writer

Publication: “Georgii Fragmentum Graeco-Copto-Thebaicum,” by Borgia, Stephen cardinal

Died: Brooke, Frances whose maiden name was Moore

Died: Brotier, Gabriel scholar

Publication: “Maximes du gouvernement monarchique,” by Buat-Nancay, Louis Gabriel Du chevalier and count of Nanay

Died: Camper, Peter physician

Publication: “A Dissertation on the fracture of the patella and olecranon,” by Camper, Peter physician

Publication: “Traduction libre de trois odes d'Horace,” by Cerutti, Joseph Anthony Joachim poet

Publication: “Miscellanies, philosophical, medical, and moral,” by Christie, Thomas writer

Publication: “Notus in fratres animi paterni.” by Cleghorn, George physician

Died: Cleland, John was the son of colonel Cleland

Publication: “Plan for promoting the Fur-trade, and securing it to this Country, by uniting the Operations of the East India and Hudson’s Bay Companies,” by Dalrymple, Alexander an eminent hydrographer

Publication: “Examen detaillté de l'importante question de Putilite des places fortes et retranchments,” by Darci

Publication: “De la force militaire considered dans ses rapports conservateurs,” by Darci

Died: Desbillons, Francis Joseph Terrasse poet

Publication: “Poems” by Ebert, John Arnold who was born at Hamburgh Feb. 8

Died: Egede, Hans an enterprising Danish missionary

Publication: “Account of his own Mission,” by Egede, Hans an enterprising Danish missionary

Died: Ellis, John writer

Publication: “Christ crucified; or the Scripture doctrine of the Atonement, in four discourses,” by Evans, Caleb a dissenting minister of the baptist persuasion at Bristol (1737–1791)

Died: Fougeroux De Bondaroy, Augustus Dennis a learned Frenchman

Died: Galiani, Ferdinand an Italian wit

Publication: “Devoirs du prince et du citoyen,” by Gebelin, Anthony Court De writer

Publication: “Supplement to the Treatise on ancient Armour and Weapons,” by Grose, Francis antiquary

Publication: “Essai sur l‘histoire de Cornices de Rome, des etats generaux de France, et du parlement d’Angleterre,” by Gudin, De La Brenellerie, Paul Philip writer

Publication: “Epistles” by Homer, Henry scholar

Publication: “Sallust. ex cditione Cortii,” by Homer, Henry scholar

Publication: “De Oratoribus,” by Homer, Henry scholar

Died: Jerusalem, John-Frederick William divine

Publication: “Elemens de Chymie,” by Lavoisier, Anthony Lawrence philosopher

Publication: “I am not ashamed to tell you that I am a Jew by choice, and not because I was born a Jew; far from it; for I am clearly of opinion that every person endowed with ratiocination ought to have a clear idea of the truth of revelation, and a just ground of his faith, as far as human evidence can go.” by Levi, David a learned Jew

Died: Lyonet, Peter naturalist

Publication: “Juvenal and Persius,” by Madan, Martin preacher

Publication: “Lettre sur le projet de decret concernant les religieux, proposee a PAssemblee Nationale par M. Treilhard,” by Mercier, Bartholomew bibliographer

Died: Meyer, Jeremiah painter

Died: Oldmixon, John ridiculed in the Taller by the name of Mr

Died: Olivieri, Hannibal antiquary

Publication: “The Modes of Quotation used by the Evangelical writers explained and vindicated,” by Owen, Henry divine

Publication: “History of early Printing at Nuremberg to the year 1500,” by Panzer, George Wolfgang Francis bibliographer

Publication: “Precis historique de la prise de la Bastille,” by Reigny, Louis Abel Beffroi commonly called Cousin Jaques

Publication: “Histoirede France pendant trois mois,” by Reigny, Louis Abel Beffroi commonly called Cousin Jaques

Died: Ritson, Isaac a young man of very considerable literary talents

Born: Roberts, Barré Charles writer

Publication: “Metrologie, ou Tables pour servir a l‘intelligence des poids et des mesures des anciens d’apres leur rapport avec les poids et les mesures de la France,” by Rome De L'Isle, John Baptist Louis a distinguished French mineralogist

Publication: “Account of the Influenza,” by Rush, Benjamin physician

Publication: “Summa theologize sacrse,” by Sanchez, Peter Anthony a learned Spanish ecclesiastic

Publication: “The Naturalist’s Miscellany,” by Shaw, George naturalist

Publication: “The Topographer,” by Shaw, Steering historian

Publication: “De diversa. febris continuce remittentis causa,” by Strack, Charles physician

Publication: “Select Views in Leicestershire, from original Drawings,” by Throsby, John writer

Publication: “Essays on important subjects,” by Turner, Daniel a dissenting minister of the baptist persuasion

Died: Vernet, Joseph painter

Publication: “The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton. In a series of letters to the hon. Daines Barrington and Thomas Pennant, esq.” by White, Gilbert divine (?–1793)