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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 Notes

Events

• Samuel Johnson and David Garrick leave Lichfield for London.^[1]

Works published

• Matthew Green, The Spleen^[1]
• Ignacio de Luzán Claramunt de Suelves y Gurrea, Poética, work of criticism that gives classic rules in Spanish literary composition^[1]
• Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
• William Shenstone, Poems upon Various Occasions, including "The Schoolmistress"
• Jonathan Swift, Poems on Several Occasions
• John Wesley, Psalms and Poems

Births

• Joseph Mather

Deaths

• Matthew Green

See also

Poetry portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328

• [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

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