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Events
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Works published
edit- Thomas Cooke, Marlborough, the Duke of Marlborough died June 16[1]
- Hildebrand Jacob, Bedlam, published this year, although the book states "1723"[1]
- Thomas Parnell, Poems on Several Occasions[1]
- Allan Ramsay, Fables and Tales[1]
- Elizabeth Thomas, Miscellany Poems on Several Subjects, published anonymously[1]
- Thomas Walter, The Sweet Psalmist of Israel, English, Colonial American[2]
Births
editDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 7 – Azar Bigdeli (died 1781), Persian anthologist and poet
- February 26 – Mary Leapor (died 1746), English kitchenmaid poet
- April 11 – Christopher Smart (died 1771), English poet
- April 22 (bapt.) – Joseph Warton (died 1800), English poet and critic
- December 1 – Anna Louisa Karsch (died 1804), German
- Waris Shah (died 1798), Punjabi Sufi poet
Deaths
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- September 26 – Guillaume Massieu (born 1665), French churchman, translator and poet
See also
editNotes
edit- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto