Overview of the events of 1745 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1745 in poetry
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Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 18 – Caterino Mazzolà (died 1806), Italian poet and librettist
- February 2 – Hannah More (died 1833), English religious writer, poet, play and philanthropist
- February 20 – Henry James Pye (died 1813), English Poet Laureate
- March 4 (bapt.) – Charles Dibdin (died 1814), English musician, dramatist, novelist, poet, actor and songwriter
- July 5 – Carl Arnold Kortum (died 1824), German writer, poet and physician
- July 26 – Henry Mackenzie (died 1831), Scottish novelist, writer and poet
- October 12 – Félix María de Samaniego (died 1801), Spanish fabulist
- October 13 (bapt.) – William Crowe (died 1829), English poet and academic
- November 9 – William Hayley (died 1820), English poet and writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper
- December 10 – Thomas Holcroft (died 1809), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
- Also – Charles Morris (died 1838), British army officer and songwriter
Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Spring – William Meston (born 1688), Scottish poet
- May 28 – Jonathan Richardson (born 1667), English portrait painter and poet
- June – Pierre des Maizeaux (born 1673), French writer, translator, biographer and poet
- September 11 – Mary Chandler (born 1687), English milliner and poet
- October 19 – Jonathan Swift (born 1667), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet
- November 16 – William Broome (born 1689), English poet and translator