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

Events

• Reverend Thomas Warton becomes Poet Laureate after the refusal of William Mason

Works published

• William Cowper, The Task, in 6 Books

Births

• Lady Caroline Lamb
• Thomas Love Peacock
• John Pierpont (US)
• Samuel Woodworth (US)

Deaths

• Richard Glover
• Henry Taylor
• William Whitehead

See also

Poetry portal

• Poetry

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