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Francisco Goya completes Yard with Lunatics. This is one of Francisco Goya's many dark paintings portraying madness and lunacy. This painting reflects Goya himself and his ongoing mental breakdown which just after France declared war on Spain.
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German poet August Wilhelm von Schlegel gives several lectures in Vienna. He later goes on to publish the Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature. In these lectures he attacks French Neoclassical theaters and praises Romantic dramas. His lectures were in many languages to be spread throughout Europe.
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English romantic painter J.M.W. Turner finished his painting Hannibal Crossing the Alps. He used watercolor with oil to create an atmosphere. The work deals with the destructive power of nature.
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Jacob Ludwig Karl and Wilhelm Carl publish their first Children's and Household Tales. Later known as in Grimm's Fairy Tales. Contrary to the title, the stories were quite dark and malicious.
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Of the age 21, Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her story Frankenstein: of The Modern Prometheus based on a story written for a competition. The competition was held by
