Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Robert Burns:
- Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (see also the editions of 1786, 1793)
- see also Richard Glover's The Scots Musical Museum, below
- Anne Francis, Charlotte to Werter
- Richard Glover, The Atheniad
- James Johnson, editor, The Scots Musical Museum, an anthology with 177 of the 600 songs written by Robert Burns, who had collected many of the others; published in six volumes from this year to 1803; Volumes 2–5 edited by Burns
- George Keate, The Distressed Poet
- Sophia Lee, A Hermit's Tale, published anonymously
- Robert Merry, Paulina; or, The Russian Daughter
- John Ogilvie, The Fame of the Druids, published anonymously
- Henry James Pye, Poems on Various Subjects, including "Aerophorion", possibly the first poem about an aviator (James Sadler (balloonist))
- Edward Rushton, West-Indian Eclogues, published anonymously
- John Thelwall, Poems on Various Subjects
- John Wolcot, writing under the pen name "Peter Pindar", Ode Upon Ode; or, A Peep at St. James
- Ann Yearsley, Poems, on Various Subjects
Other
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 14 – Alexander Laing (died 1857), Scottish poet
- November 15 – Richard Henry Dana Sr. (died 1879), American poet, critic and lawyer
- November 21 – Bryan Procter ("Barry Cornwall") (died 1874), English poet
- December 16 – Mary Russell Mitford (died 1855), English novelist, poet and dramatist
- Margaret Miller Davidson Sr. (died 1844), American novelist, mother of poets Lucretia Maria Davidson, Margaret Miller Davidson and Levi P. Davidson
- Susanna Hawkins (died 1868), Scottish poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Notes