Overview of the events of 1826 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1826 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 3 – Reginald Heber (born 1783), Church of England bishop, remembered chiefly as a hymn-writer
- June 23 – John Taylor (born 1750), English businessman, poet and hymn-writer
- June 27 – Mary Leadbeater (born 1758), Irish poet and writer
- July 25 (July 13 O.S.) – Kondraty Ryleyev (born 1795), Russian poet and revolutionary, hanged
- October 3 – Jens Baggesen (born 1764), Danish
- December 26 – Schack von Staffeldt (born 1769), Danish poet and Amtmann
- December 31 – William Gifford (born 1756), English satiric poet and literary editor
- William Glen (born 1789), Scottish[10]