1756 w literaturze

Wydarzenia literackie w 1756 roku.

Proza beletrystyczna i literatura faktu

• Thomas Birch - The History of the Royal Society of London
• Edmund Burke - A Vindication of Natural Society
• Alban Butler - The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints (frequently abridged and reprinted)
• Theophilus Cibber - Dissertations on Theatrical Subjects
• Johann Matthias Gesner - Primæ lineæ isagoges in eruditionem universalem
• Eliza Haywood jako: "Mira" - The Wife
• Tobias Smollett - A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages
  • - The Critical Review (periodical to 1790)
• Joseph Warton - An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope
• John Wesley - An Address to the Clergy

Urodzili się

• 3 marca - William Godwin, angielski publicysta i pisarz (zm. 1836)