Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
With the death of Jonathan Swift, the age of Augustan poetry ends at about this time.
End of the Scriblerus Club
John Adams, Poems on Several Occasions, Biblical verse paraphrases, devotional works and nonreligious poems; English Colonial America
Mark Akenside, Odes on Several Subjects, published anonymously
John Brown, An Essay on Satire: Occasion'd by the death of Mr. Pope, published anonymously; Alexander Pope died May 30, 1744
John Gilbert Cooper, The Power of Harmony, published anonymously
Charles Jennens, Belshazzar: An oratorio, verse and music; performed in March; music by Handel
Samuel Madden, Boulter's Monument, "Assisted by Samuel Johnson", according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature
Moses Mendes, translator, Henry and Blanche; or, The Revengful Marriage, from the French of Alain-Rene Lesage
Glocester Ridley, Jovi Eleutherio; or, An Offering to Liberty, published anonymously
Thomas Scott, England's Danger and Duty, published anonymously
William Thompson, Sickness, first two books (Book 3, 1746)
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 18 – Caterino Mazzolà (died 1806), Italian poet and librettist
February 2 – Hannah More (died 1833), English religious writer, poet, play and philanthropist
February 20 – Henry James Pye (died 1813), English Poet Laureate
March 4 (bapt.) – Charles Dibdin (died 1814), English musician, dramatist, novelist, poet, actor and songwriter
July 5 – Carl Arnold Kortum (died 1824), German writer, poet and physician
July 26 – Henry Mackenzie (died 1831), Scottish novelist, writer and poet
October 12 – Félix María de Samaniego (died 1801), Spanish fabulist
October 13 (bapt.) – William Crowe (died 1829), English poet and academic
November 9 – William Hayley (died 1820), English poet and writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper
December 10 – Thomas Holcroft (died 1809), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
Also – Charles Morris (died 1838), British army officer and songwriter
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Spring – William Meston (born 1688), Scottish poet
May 28 – Jonathan Richardson (born 1667), English portrait painter and poet
June – Pierre des Maizeaux (born 1673), French writer, translator, biographer and poet
September 11 – Mary Chandler (born 1687), English milliner and poet
October 19 – Jonathan Swift (born 1667), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet
November 16 – William Broome (born 1689), English poet and translator
