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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

December – Robert Burns writes his version of the Scots poem Auld Lang Syne.^[1]

Works published in English

United Kingdom

This year three works of poetry, all written by women (the Falconars, More and Yearsley), condemn slavery; while Samuel Pratt is an early advocate of animal rights:

Henry Cary, Sonnets and Odes,^[2] the author turns 16 years old this year
William Collins, Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland^[2]
William Crowe, Lewesdon Hill, published anonymously^[2]
Maria Falconar and Harriet Falconar:
- Poems^[2]
- Poems on Slavery^[2]
James Hurdis, The Village Curate^[2]
Robert Merry, writing under the pen name "Della Crusca", Diversity^[2]
Hannah More, Slavery: A Poem
"Peter Pindar", see John Wolcot, below
Samuel Jackson Pratt, Sympathy
William Whitehead, Poems by William Whitehead, published posthumously, edited by William Mason (see also Plays and Poems 1774)^[2]
John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Tales and Fables^[2]
Ann Yearsley, A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade^[2]

United States

Timothy Dwight, published anonymously, "The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem",^[3] satire in heroic couplets; supports Calvinism and attacks Voltaire, David Hume, Joseph Priestley and their followers^[4]
Philip Freneau, Miscellaneous Works of Mr. Philip Freneau, Containing His Essays and Additional Poems^[4]
Francis Hopkinson:
- An Ode, in honor of the Adoption of the U.S. Constitution^[3]
- Seven Songs, for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano^[3]
Peter Markoe:
- "The Times", satire on prominent Philadelphia society people^[4]
- "The Storm", attributed to Markoe^[4]
William Roscoe, The Wrongs of Africa: A Poem^[3]
Susanna Rowson:
- Poems on Various Subjects^[5]
- A Trip to Parnassus^[4]

Works published in other languages

Basilio da Gama, Relação abreviada da República e Lenitivo da saudade; Brazil^[6]
Joseph Quesnel, Colas et Colinette, a comedy in verse, French language, published in Quebec, Canada^[7]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

January 22 – Lord Byron (died 1824), English poet and leading figure in Romanticism
March 10 – Joseph von Eichendorff (died 1857), German poet and novelist
May 16 – Friedrich Rückert (died 1866), German poet, translator and professor of Oriental languages
June (day unknown) – Eliza Townsend (died 1854), American poet who published anonymously
c. October 14 – Robert Millhouse (died 1839), English weaver poet
October 24 – Sarah Josepha Hale (died 1879), American writer, influential editor, author of nursery rhymes, including "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
December 6 – Richard H. Barham ("Thomas Ingoldsby") (died 1845), English poet, humorist and priest

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

March 29 – Charles Wesley (born 1707), English Methodist clergyman and hymn writer
June 12 – Johann Andreas Cramer (born 1723), German poet, writer and theologian
July 5 – Mather Byles, (born 1707), English Colonial American clergyman and poet^[4]
July 31 – Thomas Russell (born 1762), English poet whose Sonnets and Miscellaneous Poems are posthumously published in 1789
October 13 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent (born 1709), Irish poet and politician
October 28 – William Julius Mickle (born 1734), Scottish-born poet
Giulio Variboba (born 1725), Arbëresh poet

Notes

^ "Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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 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
^ Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009
^ Web page titled "Basílio da Gama/Bibliografia" at the Academia Brasilia Letros website, retrieved February 4, 2009
^ Story, Noah, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature, "Poetry in French" article, pp 651-654, Oxford University Press, 1967

[1] "Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

[cocel-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

[rmlaal-3] Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press

[dbcal-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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

[5] Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996 ISBN 978-0-19-509053-6, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009

[6] Web page titled "Basílio da Gama/Bibliografia" at the Academia Brasilia Letros website, retrieved February 4, 2009

[7] Story, Noah, The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature, "Poetry in French" article, pp 651-654, Oxford University Press, 1967

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