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

Events

Works published

• Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions
• William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony^[1]
• Daniel Defoe:
  • A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man
  • A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon, published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe^[1]
  • More Reformation: A satyr upon himself^[1]
• Sarah Fyge Egerton, Poems on Several Occasions, prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre^[1]
• Bernard Mandeville, Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine, published anonymously^[1]

Births

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

• March 5 (n. s.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (died 1768), Russian poet
• June 28 (n.s.) – John Wesley (died 1791), English cleric and Christian theologian, founder of Methodism, psalmist and hymnist
• October 2 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni, or Kaga no Chiyo, 千代尼 (died 1775), Japanese poet of the Edo period and a prominent haiku poet (a woman)
• Date unknown – Gilbert West (died 1756), English poet and translator
• Approximate date
  • Samuel Boyse (died 1749), Irish poet^[2]
  • Henry Brooke (died 1783), Irish poet, novelist and dramatist

Deaths

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

• October 14 - Thomas Kingo (born 1634), Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer