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

Events July – A new edition of Bernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees is presented as a public nuisance by the Grand Jury of Middlesex, England, to the Court of King's Bench. Mandeville escapes prosecution.

Works published in English

English colonies in America Samuel Keimer, Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of [. . .] Aquila Rose, a verse memorial memorable for having been set in type by Benjamin Franklin, then an employee of Keimer, a printer in PhiladelphiaBurt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, , retrieved via Google Books Francis Knapp, attributed, Gloria Britannorum; or, The British WorthiesLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press Edward Taylor, A Funerall Teare [. . .] an elegy on Increase Mather

Great Britain Henry Baker, An Invocation of Health: a poem Sir Richard Blackmore, Alfred: An epick poem Ambrose Philips, Ode on the Death of William, Earl Cowper Matthew Prior: Down-Hall The Turtle and the Sparrow Allan Ramsay, The Fair Assembly Ned Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates, 3rd ed.

Works published in other languages Heyat Mahmud, Jangnama; Bengali Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Ode et Cantates, first published in London; FrenchPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 27 – Johann Andreas Cramer (died 1788), German poet, writer and theologian September 30 – William Hutton (died 1815), English local historian and poet November 3 – Samuel Davies (died 1761), English Colonial American Presbyterian clergyman, president of Princeton College, author and poet November 30 – William Livingston (died 1790), English Colonial American public official, poet and writer

Deaths

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 13 – Sarah Fyge Egerton (born 1668), English poet February 26 – Thomas d'Urfey (born 1653), English writer of plays, songs, poetry and jokes March 13 – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (born 1650), French Protestant poet and historian March 15 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (born 1695) June 8 – Isaac Chayyim Cantarini (born 1644), Italian poet, writer, physician, rabbi and preacher September 23 – Jacques Basnage (born 1653), French Protestant poet, linguist and preacher

See also Poetry List of years in poetry

List of years in literature 18th century in poetry 18th century in literature Augustan poetry Scriblerus Club

Notes

"A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto