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October 15 - While visiting Rome , Edward Gibbon observes a group of barefoot friars singing vespers in the ruined Temple of Jupiter , a sight which inspires him to begin work on a history that will be published as '' The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire ''.

The '' Hartford Courant '' begins publication.

NEW BOOKS

'' Bywyd A Marwolaeth Theomemphus '' ( Welsh Language ) - William Williams Pantycelyn

'' The Castle Of Otranto '' - Horace Walpole

'''' - Edward Jerningham

'' Philosophic Dictionary '' - Voltaire

'' The Surprises Of Love '' - John Cleland

BIRTHS

February 11 - Joseph Chénier , French poet (+ 1811)

April 20 - Rudolph Ackermann , publisher

July 9 - Ann Radcliffe

DEATHS

September 23 - Robert Dodsley

November 4 - Charles Churchill , poet and satirist