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Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1796.

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  • July 30 – A performance of a historical drama, Jane Shore, is given in Sydney, Australia; the playbill, printed by George Hughes, is the earliest known surviving item printed in that country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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