Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
- Bernard Barton, A Widow's Tale, and Other Poems
- Robert Bloomfield, The Poems of Robert Bloomfield
- Edward Lytton Bulwer (later Bulwer-Lytton), published anonymously, O'Neill, or, The Rebel
- John Clare, The Shepherd's Calendar; with Village Stories and Other Poems
- George Darley, Sylvia; or, The May Queen
- Reginald Heber, Hymns
- Thomas Hood:
- The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies; Hero and Leander; Lycus the Centaur; and Other Poems
- Whims and Oddities in Prose and Verse, second series, poetry and prose (see also Whims and Oddities 1826)
- May Howitt, and William Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam; The Emigrant; A Tale of the American Woods, and Other Poems
- John Keble, published anonymously, The Christian Year, 100 editions were published by 1866
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon, writing under the pen name "L.E.L.", The Golden Violet, and Other Poems
- Robert Millhouse, Sherwood Forest: and other poems.
- Mary Russell Mitford, Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems
- James Montgomery, The Pelican Island, and Other Poems
- Robert Pollok, The Course of Time, Scottish
- Agnes Strickland, The Seven Ages of Woman, and Other Poems
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Tennyson, and Frederick Tennyson, published anonymously, Poems, by Two Brothers, despite the title, there were three authors
- William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, text very much revised from Miscellaneous Poems 1820; see also Poetical Works 1836, Poetical Works 1840, and Poetical Works (Centenary Edition) 1870
- Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, "The Cities of the Plain", a narrative poem about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
- Fitz-Greene Halleck, Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems, the author's first book of poetry sold well and was praised by critics
- Edgar Allan Poe, Tamerlane and Other Poems, initially published anonymously; the author's first poetry book; including "Visit of the Dead", "The Lake", "Evening Star", and "Imitation"
- Lydia Sigourney, Poems
- William Gilmore Simms:
- Lyrical and Other Poems
- Early Lays
- Nathaniel Parker Willis, Sketches, the author's first poetry book; mostly Biblical paraphrases
Other in English
Works published in other languages
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 17 – Rose Terry Cooke (died 1892), American
- April 16 РOctave Cr̩mazie (died 1879), Canadian, "the father of French Canadian poetry"
- June 9 – Francis Miles Finch (died 1907), American
- June 18 – Helen Hinsdale Rich (died 1915), American poet
- September 18 – John Townsend Trowbridge (died 1916), American
- November 8 – José Bonifácio the Younger (died 1886), French-born Brazilian politician and poet
- November 26 – Emily Jane Pfeiffer (died 1890), Welsh poet and philanthropist
- Henry Alfred Krishnapillai (died 1900), Indian Tamil language poet
- John Hollin Ridge (died 1867), American
- Fazal Shah Sayyad (died 1890), Indian Punjabi language poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 6 – Charlotte von Stein (born 1742), German member of the court at Weimar, poet and close friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (on whom she was a strong influence) and of Friedrich Schiller
- May 12 – David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (born 1751), Welsh
- May 29 – Carlos Wilcox (born 1794), American
- July 3 – David Davis (Castellhywel) (born 1745), Welsh minister and poet
- August 8 – George Canning (born 1770), English statesman and occasional poet
- August 12 – William Blake (born 1757), English poet, artist and visionary
- September 10 – Ugo Foscolo (born 1778), Italian writer, revolutionary and poet
- September 15 – Robert Pollok (born c. 1798), Scottish
- November 10 – St. George Tucker (born 1752), American poet, lawyer and professor of law at the College of William and Mary
- November 18 – Wilhelm Hauff (born 1802, German poet and novelist
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