Overview of the events of 1749 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1749 in poetry
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Births
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- April 19 – Ōta Nanpo (大田 南畝), the most oft-used pen name of Ōta Tan, whose other pen names include Yomo no Akara, Yomo Sanjin, Kyōkaen, and Shokusanjin 蜀山人 (died 1823), late Edo period Japanese poet and fiction writer
- May 4 – Charlotte Turner Smith (died 1806), English poet and novelist
- August 28 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (died 1832), German writer
- December 15 – James Graeme (died 1772), Scottish poet
- December 25 – Samuel Jackson Pratt (died 1814), English poet and writer
- Undated – Wang Yun (died 1819), Chinese poet and playwright during the Qing dynasty
Deaths
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