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EVENTS

Marriage of Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale , later close friends and companions of Dr Samuel Johnson .

May 16 - James Boswell is introduced to Samuel Johnson at Thomas Davies's bookshop in London

NEW BOOKS

'' The Chronicles Of The Stone '' - Cao Xueqin

''The Discovery'' (play) - Frances Sheridan

BIRTHS

March 9 - William Cobbett

July 30 - Samuel Rogers

DEATHS

September 26 - John Byrom

December 23 - Antoine François Prévost , French author, better known as the Abbé Prévost

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