Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Samuel Keimer, Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of [. . .] Aquila Rose, a verse memorial memorable for having been set in type by Benjamin Franklin, then an employee of Keimer, a printer in Philadelphia
Francis Knapp, attributed, Gloria Britannorum; or, The British Worthies
Edward Taylor, A Funerall Teare [. . .] an elegy on Increase Mather
Henry Baker, An Invocation of Health: a poem
Sir Richard Blackmore, Alfred: An epick poem
Ambrose Philips, Ode on the Death of William, Earl Cowper
Matthew Prior:
Down-Hall
The Turtle and the Sparrow
Allan Ramsay, The Fair Assembly
Ned Ward, Nuptial Dialogues and Debates, 3rd ed.
Jean Baptiste Rousseau, Ode et Cantates, first published in London; French
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 27 – Johann Andreas Cramer (died 1788), German poet, writer and theologian
November 3 – Samuel Davies (died 1761), English Colonial American Presbyterian clergyman, president of Princeton College, author and poet
November 30 – William Livingston (died 1790), English Colonial American public official, poet and writer
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 13 – Sarah Fyge Egerton (born 1670), English poet
February 26 – Thomas d'Urfey (born 1653), English writer of plays, songs, poetry and jokes
March 13 – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville (born 1650), French Protestant poet and historian
March 15 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (born 1695)
June 8 – Isaac Chayyim Cantarini (born 1644), Italian poet, writer, physician, rabbi and preacher
September 23 – Jacques Basnage (born 1653), French Protestant poet, linguist and preacher
