Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published in English
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poems Before Congress
- Samuel Lover, Metrical Tales, and Other Poems, illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, Kenney Meadows and others
- Coventry Patmore, Faithful for Ever (The Angel in the House, Volume 3; see also The Betrothal 1854, The Espousals 1856, The Victories of Love 1863)
- John Leicester Warren, writing under the pen name "George F. Preston", Ballads and Metrical Sketches
- William Turner Coggeshall, editor, Poets and Poetry of the West, anthology
- Paul Hamilton Hayne, Avolio: A Legend of the Island of Cos
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Professor at the Breakfast-Table, fiction, nonfiction and verse
- William Dean Howells and John James Piatt, Poems of Two Friends
- Adrien Rouquette, L'Antoniade, ou la solitude avec Dieu
- Edmund Clarence Stedman, Poems, Lyrical and Idyllic
- Henry Timrod, Poems
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, third edition, including "Calamus" poems
- John Greenleaf Whittier, Home Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics
Other
Works published in other languages
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 10 – Charles G. D. Roberts (died 1943), Canadian poet and writer known as the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he serves as an inspiration for other writers of his time; also known as one of the "Confederation poets" (together with his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott)
- June 1 – Wilfred Campbell (died 1918), Canadian
- August 5 – John Philip Bourke (died 1914), Australian
- September 6 – Lorentzos Mavilis (died 1912), Greek
- September 14 – Hamlin Garland, (died 1940), American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer
- September 18 – Clinton Scollard (died 1932), American
- October 6 – Rosamund Marriott Watson, born Rosamund Ball and writing as Graham R. Tomson (died 1911), English
- December 8 – Amanda McKittrick Ros, born Anna McKittrick (died 1939), Irish novelist and poet noted for her purple style
- December 12 – Harriet Monroe (died 1936), American editor, scholar, literary critic and patron of the arts, best known as the founder and longtime editor of Poetry magazine
- Date not known:
- Akshay Kumar Boral (died 1919), Indian, Bengali-language poet
- Helena Jane Coleman (died 1953), Canadian music teacher, poet and writer
- Nagesh Vishvanath Pai (died 1920), Indian poet and fiction writer
Deaths
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See also
Notes