First Publication of the Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

Four pirates are found guilty of murdering on the high seas Captain Cochrane & Glas

James Craigs winning entry for development of Edinburgh New Town was approved.

First publication of The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

The Vicar of Wakefield, subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself, is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among Victorians.