Events

• Scot James Thomson moves to London, where he continues writing poetry and becomes a playwright, living first in East Barnet and later Richmond in 1736[1].

Works published

• Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Odyssey, Books I-III (with William Broome and Elijah Fenton), Books IV-V to follow in 1726
• James Thompson, The Seasons, poem in blank verse^[1]
• William Thomson, compiler, Orpheus Caledonius: or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs
• Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion (1725-28)

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 25 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler (died 1798), German poet
• November 27 – Johanna Charlotte Unzer (died 1782), German
• Gottfried Kleiner (died 1767), German
• July 24 – John Newton (died 1807), English, clergyman, former slave-ship captain and author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• June 29 – Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, writer, and politician (born 1657)
• Alicia D'Anvers

See also

Poetry portal

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

Notes

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

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

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