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Contents 1 Art and culture 1.1 Technology 1.2 Visual culture 1.3 Literature 1.3.1 Fiction 1.3.2 Poetry 1.3.3 Non-fiction 2 Births 3 Deaths

Art and culture

• July 14 - French Revolution (1789-1799) begins: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners. In rural areas, peasants attack noble manors.
• Paul Philidor created what may have been the first true phantasmagoria show in 1789, a combination of séance parlor tricks and projection effects, his show saw success in Berlin, Vienna, and revolution-era Paris in 1793.

Technology

Visual culture

Literature

Fiction

• W. H. Brown - The Power of Sympathy
• Ann Radcliffe - The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Poetry

• William Blake - Songs of Innocence

Non-fiction

• Olaudah Equiano - The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Births

• July 19 - John Martin, English painter (died 1854)
• September 15 - James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (died 1851)

Deaths

• Baron d'Holbach (1723—1789)