Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1771
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Literature
- The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker
Theatre
Art
- Benjamin West, The Death of Wolfe
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Luigi Galvani of Italy produces current electricity
Politics & Law
- Warren Hastings made Governor of Bengal
- March: Samuel Johnson, Thoughts on Falkland's Islands
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Death of Thomas Gray
- Death of Christopher Smart
- Death of Tobias Smollett
- December: Birth of Dorothy Wordsworth
Miscellaneous
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