Overview of the events of 1780 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1780 in poetry
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Events
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Births
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- March 29 – Walter Watson (died 1854), Scottish poet and weaver
- April 29 – Charles Nodier (died 1844), French philologist, novelist, poet and librarian
- August 17 – George Croly (died 1860), Irish poet, novelist, historian and clergyman
- September 11 (bapt.) – John Marriott (died 1825), English clergyman and poet
- Paul Moon James (died 1854), English Quaker banker and poet
- Jahonotin Uvaysiy (died 1845), Uzbek Sufi poet
Deaths
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- February 18 – Kristijonas Donelaitis (born 1714), Lithuanian poet
- September 6 – George Alexander Stevens (born 1710), English performer, playwright, poet and songwriter
- October 3 – Cynthia Lenige (born 1755), Frisian Dutch poet
- Angom Gopi (born 1710), Indian, Meitei language poet, writer and translator
- Joseph Green (born 1706), Colonial American poet, satirist and clergyman
- Antonina Niemiryczowa (born 1702), Polish poet