Events Fanny Burney's first visit to the house of Samuel Crisp New Books The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith The Clandestine Marriage (play) - George Colman the Elder and David Garrick The New Bath Guide - Christopher Anstey Births February 14 : Thomas Malthus April 22 : Anne Louise Germaine de Stael Deaths March 21 : Richard Dawes