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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
- William Allingham, Day and Night Songs
- W. E. Aytoun, writing under the pen name "T. Percy Jones", Firmilian; or, The Student of Badajoz, subtitle: "A Spasmodic tragedy"
- Eliza Craven Green, "Ellan Vannin" (later set to music)
- Julia Ward Howe, Passion Flowers
- John Keats, The Poetical Works of John Keats, edited by Richard Monckton Milnes; posthumously published
- Coventry Patmore, "The Angel in the House", Part I, also known as The Betrothal (see also The Espousals 1856, Faithful for Ever 1860, The Victories of Love 1863)
- Alfred Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade" published in The Examiner on Dec. 9
Works published in other languages
- Heinrich Heine, Gedichte. 1853 und 1854 ("Poems. 1853 and 1854"), German poet and author living in France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- April 13 – William Henry Drummond, Canadian
- October 16 – Oscar Wilde, English
- October 20 – Arthur Rimbaud, French
- Also:
- George Frederick Cameron, Canadian
- Govind Vasudev Kanitkar (died 1918), Indian, Marathi-language poet and translator
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- April 3 – John Wilson (born 1785), Scots
- April 16 – Julia Nyberg (born 1784), Swedish poet and songwriter
- April 24 – Gabriele Rossetti (born 1783), English
- April 30 – James Montgomery (born 1771), Scots
- December 9 – Almeida Garrett (born 1799), Portuguese
See also
- 19th century in poetry
- 19th century in literature
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- Victorian literature
- French literature of the 19th century
- Poetry
Notes
- ^ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- Cook, Roger F., A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine, "Introduction", Boydell & Brewer, 2002, ISBN 9781571132079, retrieved via Google Books on April 2, 2009
- "A Chronology of Indian Events", "1918", pp 528–535 Das, Sisir Kumar and various, History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956: struggle for freedom: triumph and tragedy, Volume 2, 1995, published by Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 9788172017989, retrieved via Google Books on December 23, 2008