Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1767
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Literature
- Duff, Essay on Original Genius
- Richard Farmer, Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare
- Jago, Edge-Hill
- W. J. Mickle, The Concubine
- Frances Sheridan, The History of Nourjahad (posthumous)
- Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vol. 9
- Laurence Sterne falls in love with Elizabeth Draper, to whom the
posthumous Journal to Eliza is addressed
- Wood, Essay on the Original Genius of Homer
Theatre
- David Garrick, Peep Behind the Curtain
- George Murphy, The School for Guardians
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Joseph Priestley, The History and Present State of Electricity
Politics & Law
- Parliament investigates the East India Company
- Townshend taxes the American colonists
- Grafton becomes Lord Treasurer
- North becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Shelburne becomes Secretary of State
- Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society
- Lyttelton, The History of Henry II
Philosophy & Theology
- Jesuits expelled from Spanish America
Milestones
- Birth of Maria Edgeworth
- Death of Paltock
Miscellaneous
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