Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1753
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Literature
- Jane Collier, An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
- Sarah Fielding, David Simple, "Volume the Last"
- Thomas Gray, Hymn to Adversity
- Samuel Johnson takes Frank Barber into his care
- Samuel Johnson contributes to The Adventurer (through 1754)
- Charlotte Lennox, Shakespeare Illustrated
- Samuel Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison (through 1754)
- Christopher Smart, The Hilliad
- Tobias Smollett, Ferdinand Count Fathom
- Wilkie, The Epigoniad
Theatre
- Glover, Boadicea
- E. Moore, The Gamester
- Edward Young, The Brothers
Art
- Salon???
- William Hogarth, The Analysis of Beauty
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Jaques Daviel of France develops techniques for cataract
surgery
Politics & Law
- Hardwicke's Marriage Act
- George Washington delivers a message to the French, telling
them to abandon their position in Ohio; they refuse
Philosophy & Theology
- Lowth, Praelectiones de sacra posei Hebraeorum
Milestones
- Death of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork,
architect
- Death of George Berkeley
- Birth of Elizabeth Inchbald, actress, playwright, and novelist
Miscellaneous
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