This page indexes the individual year in poetry, the decade in poetry and the century in poetry pages. ... // William Whitehead made British Poet Laureate after Thomas Gray refuses it Thomas Warton appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, revised version of a long didactic poem originally published in 1744 Edmund Burke, Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime... See also: 1756 in literature, other events of 1757, 1758 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1757 in literature, other events of 1758, 1759 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1758 in literature, other events of 1759, 1760 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1759 in literature, other events of 1760, 1761 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1760 in literature, other events of 1761, 1762 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1761 in literature, other events of 1762, 1763 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1762 in literature, other events of 1763, 1764 in literature, list of years in literature. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and Trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies World leaders Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774) George... Events and Trends The War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) rages. ... Scientific navigation is developed The Seven Years War (1756-1763) fought between two rival alliances: the first consisting of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Hanover, and Prussia; the second consisting of Austria, France, Imperial Russia, Saxony, and Sweden. ... Events and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. ... Events and Trends For more events, see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 4, 1776). ... Nothing much really happened in the 1780s only that Mary-Anne Tobin was hung in public for wearing a flase beard and voting. ... Events and Trends French Revolution (1789 - 1799). ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

Works published

• John Cleland, The Times!, Volume 1, a verse satire
• Robert Lloyd, The Actor, a popular poem of its time
• James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland
• The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-book, with "Little Boy Blue"

John Cleland (baptised September 24, 1709 – January 23, 1789) was an English novelist most famous and infamous as the author of Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. ... Robert Lloyd (1733-1764) was an English poet and satirist. ... James Macpherson (October 27, 1736–February 17, 1796), was a Scottish poet, known as the translator of the Ossian cycle of poems (also known as the Oisín cycle). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Oisín. ...

Births

• Richard Polwhele

Richard Polwhele (January 6, 1760 - March 12, 1838) was an English clergyman, poet and topographer. ...

Deaths

• date unknown — Isaac Hawkins Browne (poet) (born 1705)

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See also

Poetry Portal

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry