Events Robert Southey (1774-1843) becomes UK Poet Laureate. Remorse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge has a successful run at Drury Lane New Books The Daughter-in-Law - Barbara Hofland Life of Nelson - Robert Southey The Monastery of St. Columb - Regina Maria Roche Mortimer Hall - Elizabeth Thomas Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen A Short Account of a Remarkable Aerial Voyage and Discovery of a New Planet - Willem Bilderdijk Births January 23 - Charles Harpur, Australian poet (+ 1868) February 11 - Otto Ludwig, German novelist/playwright (+ 1865) Harriet Ann Jacobs, American writer (+ 1897) Deaths November 12 - Jean de Crevecoeur, French/American writer Awards