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Encyclopedia > 1885 in poetry
Years in poetry: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888
Years in literature: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888
Decades in poetry: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Centuries in poetry: 18th century 19th century 20th century
Centuries: 18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888

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// F. J. Childs edition of English and Scottish Popular Ballads, in 5 volumes (1882-98), including multiple versions of 305 ballads Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, In the Harbor George Robert Sims, The Dagonet Ballads January 18 — A. A. Milne (died 1956), British author, playwright and writer of childrens poetry... // Robert Browning, Jocoseria Emma Lazarus writes The New Colossus in aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the New York Statue of Liberty George Meredith, Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth Algernon Charles Swinburne, A Century of Roundels Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Passion February 18 — Nikos Kazantzakis... // Frederick James Furnivall founds the Shelley Society September 18 — The Symbolist manifesto (‘Le Symbolisme’, Le Figaro} published this date by Jean Moréas, who announced that Symbolism was hostile to plain meanings, declamations, false sentimentality and matter-of-fact description, and that its goal instead was to clothe the Ideal... See also: 1881 in literature, other events of 1882, 1883 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1882 in literature, other events of 1883, 1884 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1883 in literature, other events of 1884, 1885 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1884 in literature, other events of 1885, 1886 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1885 in literature, other events of 1886, 1887 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1886 in literature, other events of 1887, 1888 in literature, list of years in literature. ... See also: 1887 in literature, other events of 1888, 1889 in literature, list of years in literature. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (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. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... // First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... // Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the second half of the 19th Century. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Events

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Works published

Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ... Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 _ April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. ...

Births

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. ... A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was a British poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, especially The Old Vicarage, Grantchester... Elizabeth Daryush (1887-1977) was an English poet. ... Bridges on the cover of Time in 1929 Robert Seymour Bridges (October 23, 1844–April 21, 1930) was an English poet, holder of the honour of poet laureate from 1913. ... Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, FRS (June 22, 1887 – February 14, 1975) was a British biologist, author, Humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. ... Marianne Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Marianne Moore (December 11, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American poet and writer. ... Edwin Muir (15 May 1887 - 3 January 1959) was an Orcadian [1] poet, novelist and translator born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands. ... Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic. ... Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH (November 15, 1897–October 1, 1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. ... Dorothy Violet Ashton (21 August 1885 - July 11, 1956) was an English socialite, author, poet and literary editor. ...

Deaths

May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802-May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman and human rights campaigner, perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. ... George Cameron (vocals/drums) was a founding member of the baroque rock vocal group the Left Banke. ... Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1831-August 12, 1885) was an American writer. ... Richard Monckton Milnes Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (June 19, 1809 - August 11, 1885) was an English poet and politician. ... Susanna Moodie, née Strickland (6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was a British author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada. ... Charles Whitehead (1804 - 1862), poet, novelist, and dramatist, was specially remembered for three works, all of which met with popular favour: The Solitary (1831), a poem, The Autobiography of Jack Ketch (1834), a novel, and The Cavalier (1836), a play in blank verse. ...

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