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Events

Works published

• John Cleland, The Times!, Volume 1, a verse satire
• Robert Lloyd, The Actor, a popular poem of its time
• James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland
• Anna Steele, published under the name "Theodosia", Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, two volumes; she donated her earnings from the book to charity, Colonial America
• The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-book, with "Little Boy Blue"

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

• March 10 – Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died 1828)
• May 10 – Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (died 1826)
• Richard Polwhele
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French poet, composer (died 1836)
• Christina Charlotta Cederström

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

• date unknown — Isaac Hawkins Browne (born 1705), English poet

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry

Notes

1. 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 9780195090536, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009

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