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This article presents lists of literary events and publications in 1728. ==Events== *January 28 - On the night of Esther Johnson's death, Jonathan Swift begins witing ''The Death of Mrs. Johnson''. *January 29 - John Rich, manager of the theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London, mounts the first production of ''The Beggar's Opera'', a ballad opera by John Gay. Its great success (it initially runs for 62 performances) makes "Rich gay and Gay rich". By the summer, it has been imitated in Thomas Walker's ''The Quaker's Opera''; and William Hogarth begins painting scenes from it. *May - Jonathan Swift and Thomas Sheridan launch ''The Intelligencer'' (periodical). *October 12 - The ''Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal'' is founded by Daniel Defoe and Henry Baker. *Completion of the utenzi (epic poem) ''Utendi wa Tambuka'' by Mwengo, son of Athumani, one of the earliest known examples of Swahili literature. *Biblioteca Joanina at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) completed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1728 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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