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Works published in English
English colonies in America
- Samuel Keimer, Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of [. . .] Aquila Rose, a verse memorial memorable for having been set in type by Benjamin Franklin, then an employee of Keimer, a printer in Philadelphia[1]
- Francis Knapp, attributed, Gloria Britannorum; or, The British Worthies[2]
- Edward Taylor, A Funerall Teare [. . .] an elegy on Increase Mather[1]
Great Britain
- Henry Baker, An Invocation of Health: a poem[3]
- Sir Richard Blackmore, Alfred: An epick poem[3]
- Ambrose Philips, Ode on the Death of William, Earl Cowper[3]
- Matthew Prior:
- Allan Ramsay, The Fair Assembly[3]
- Ned Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates, 3rd ed.[3]
Works published in other languages
- Jean Baptiste Rousseau, Ode et Cantates, first published in London; French[4]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 27 – Johann Andreas Cramer (died 1788), German poet, writer and theologian
- November 3 – Samuel Davies (died 1761), English Colonial American Presbyterian clergyman, president of Princeton College, author and poet[1]
- November 30 – William Livingston (died 1790), English Colonial American public official, poet and writer[1]
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 13 – Sarah Fyge Egerton (born 1670), English poet
- February 26 – Thomas d'Urfey (born 1653), English writer of plays, songs, poetry and jokes
- March 13 – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (born 1650), French Protestant poet and historian
- March 15 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (born 1695)[5]
- June 8 – Isaac Chayyim Cantarini (born 1644), Italian poet, writer, physician, rabbi and preacher
- September 23 – Jacques Basnage (born 1653), French Protestant poet, linguist and preacher
See also
- List of years in literature
- 18th century in poetry
- 18th century in literature
- Augustan poetry
- Scriblerus Club
Notes
- ^ a b c d Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
- ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ a b c d e f g Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
- ^ Grun, Bernard (1991) [1946]. The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). p. 328.
- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto