1776 in poetry

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

Events

• March — American poet Phillis Wheatley, visits with General George Washington for half an hour in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after sending him the previous October a poem written in his honor. A former slave, she was a strong supporter of independence during the American Revolution. The poem was published March 26 in the Virginia Gazette

Works published

United Kingdom

• James Beattie, Poems on Several Occasions
• Richard Graves, Euphrosyne; or, Amusements on the Road of Life
• David Herd, editor, Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, anthology
• William Mickle, translator, The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India, translated from the original Portuguese of Luis de Camoens
• Hannah More, Sir Eldred of the Bower, and The Bleeding Rock
• Jonathan Richardson, Morning Thoughts; or, Poetical Meditations, Moral, Divine and Miscellaneous
• John Scott, Amwell
• Augustus Montague Toplady, Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Worship
• William Whitehead, Variety, published anonymously

Other

• Johannes Ewald, a funeral ode on the occasion of the death of Frederik V; Denmark
• Basilio da Gama, Os Campos Elíseos ("The Elysian Fields"), on the fine arts; Brazil
• Vincenzo Monti, La visione di Ezechiello, Italy
• Jonathan Odell, "A Birthday Song", United States

Births

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

• April 17 – Jean-François Roger (died 1842), French poet and politician
• April 21 (bapt.) – Ann Griffiths (died 1805), Welsh hymn-writer
• July 18 – John Struthers (died 1853), Scottish poet
• September 21 – John Fitchett (died 1838), English epic poet
• November 16 – Mary Matilda Betham (died 1852), English diarist, scholar and poet
• year not certain – Charles Newton

Deaths

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

• January 26 – Evan Lloyd (born 1734), Welsh satirical poet and clergyman
• June 13 – Elizabeth Scott (born 1708), British-born, Colonial American poet and hymnwriter
• August 28? (bur.) – John Edwards (Sion y Potlau) (born 1699?), Welsh poet
• date not known – George Smith (born 1713), British
• Jeanne-Catherine Van Goethem (born 1720), Flemish poet

See also

• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• French literature of the 18th century
• Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s
• List of years in poetry
• Poetry

Notes