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| '''1818''' (MDCCCXVIII) was the the 818th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1810s decade. | '''1818''' (MDCCCXVIII) was the the 818th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1810s decade. | ||
| == Events == | == Events == | ||
| - | * [[January 11]] – [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]]'s ''[[Ozymandias]]'' is published pseudonymously in London. | + | * [[January 11]] – Percy Bysshe Shelley's ''[[Ozymandias]]'' is published pseudonymously in London. |
| - | * [[March 11]] – [[Mary Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein]]'' is published anonymously in London. | + | * [[March 11]] – Mary Shelley's ''[[Frankenstein]]'' is published anonymously in London. |
| - | * [[July 3]] – [[Lord Byron]] begins work on his epic poem, [[Don Juan (Byron)|''Don Juan'']]. He dies in [[1824]] before he can finish the poem, after finishing 16 [[canto]]s and working on the 17th. | + | * [[July 3]] – [[Lord Byron]] begins work on his epic poem, [[Don Juan (Byron)|''Don Juan'']]. He dies in 1824 before he can finish the poem, after finishing 16 [[canto]]s and working on the 17th. |
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| ===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
| ====Fiction==== | ====Fiction==== | ||
| *''[[Frankenstein]]'' published | *''[[Frankenstein]]'' published | ||
| - | *[[Thomas Bowdler]] publishes a censored version of [[Shakespeare]], the ''[[Family Shakespeare]]'', expurgating "those words and expressions... which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family." | + | *[[Thomas Bowdler]] publishes a censored version of Shakespeare, the ''[[Family Shakespeare]]'', expurgating "those words and expressions... which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family." |
| ====Non-fiction==== | ====Non-fiction==== | ||
| *''[[Considerations on the principal events of the French Revolution]]'' by Madame de Staël | *''[[Considerations on the principal events of the French Revolution]]'' by Madame de Staël | ||
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1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was the the 818th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1810s decade.
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Events
- January 11 – Percy Bysshe Shelley's Ozymandias is published pseudonymously in London.
- March 11 – Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published anonymously in London.
- July 3 – Lord Byron begins work on his epic poem, Don Juan. He dies in 1824 before he can finish the poem, after finishing 16 cantos and working on the 17th.
Art and culture
Literature
Fiction
- Frankenstein published
- Thomas Bowdler publishes a censored version of Shakespeare, the Family Shakespeare, expurgating "those words and expressions... which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family."
Non-fiction
- Considerations on the principal events of the French Revolution by Madame de Staël
Visual art
- Severed Heads by Théodore Géricault
- Study of Truncated Limbs by Théodore Géricault
- Elijah in the Desert by Washington Allston
- Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
- Public and Private Buildings Executed by Sir John Soane by Joseph Gandy
Music
Architecture
Births
- February 14 – Frederick Douglass (his day of birth was never established; he adopted this date), American abolitionist author, statesman (d. 1895)
- May 5 – Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883)
- June 17 - Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
- July 30 - Emily Brontë, British novelist (d. 1848)
- November 9 (October 28 (O.S.)) – Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
- Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, French physician (d. 1879)
- Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art historian (d. 1897)
- Giovanni Strazza, Italian sculptor (d. 1875)
Deaths
- Abbé de Coulmier, Catholic priest and abbot, and the director of the Charenton insane asylum (b. 1741)
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