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Events
editWorks published
edit- Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions
- William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony[1]
- Daniel Defoe:
- A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man
- A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon, published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe[1]
- More Reformation: A satyr upon himself[1]
- Sarah Fyge Egerton, Poems on Several Occasions, prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre[1]
- Bernard Mandeville, Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine, published anonymously[1]
Births
editDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 5 (n. s.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (died 1768), Russian poet
- June 28 (n.s.) – John Wesley (died 1791), English cleric and Christian theologian, founder of Methodism, psalmist and hymnist
- October 2 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni, or Kaga no Chiyo, 千代尼 (died 1775), Japanese poet of the Edo period and a prominent haiku poet (a woman)
- Date unknown – Gilbert West (died 1756), English poet and translator
- Approximate date
- Samuel Boyse (died 1749), Irish poet[2]
- Henry Brooke (died 1783), Irish poet, novelist and dramatist
Deaths
editBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- October 14 - Thomas Kingo (born 1634), Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Sambrook, James (2004). "Boyse, Samuel (1702/3?–1749)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3152. Retrieved 2013-12-03. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto