This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1806.
Events
July – Following publication of Irish-born poet Thomas Moore's Epistles, Odes, and Other Poems, Francis Jeffrey denounces it in this month's Edinburgh Review as "licentious". Moore challenges Jeffrey to a duel in London but their confrontation is interrupted by officials and they become friends.[1]
^Clifford, Brendan (1993). "Introduction". Political and Historical Writings on Irish and British Affairs by Thomas Moore. Belfast: Athol Books. p. 14.