1760 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• June–October  - James Macpherson makes his first tour of the Scottish Highlands and Islands to seek out traditional Gaelic poetry.^[1]
• October 25  - With the death of King George II of Great Britain, the era of Augustan poetry and Augustan literature, which started in 1702, is considered to have ended.

Works published

• James Beattie, Original Poems and Translations^[2]
• John Cleland, The Times!, Volume 1, a verse satire
• George Cockings, War, an Heroic Poem, from the Taking of Minorca by the French to the Reduction of the Havannah, a 28-page poem supporting British generals; the poem would be republished three more times by 1765; English Colonial America^[3]
• George Colman, the elder, and Robert Lloyd, Two Odes, Part 1: "To Obscurity", Part 2: "To Oblivion", parodying Thomas Gray^[2]
• John Delap, Elegies^[2]
• Jupiter Hammon, An Evening Thought, the first poem published by an African American in English Colonial America; printed as a broadside; the poem's meter was common in Great Awakening sermons and African American a cappella hymns^[3]
• Robert Lloyd:
  • The Actor, published anonymously,^[2] a popular poem of its time
  • The Tears and Triumphs of Parnassus^[2]
• James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland^[4]
• James Scott, Heaven: A vision, Seatonian Prize winner^[2]
• John Scott, Four Elegies: Descriptive and Moral, published anonymously^[2]
• Anne Steele, published under the name "Theodosia", Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, two volumes; she donated her earnings from the book to charity, Colonial America^[5]
• The Famous Tommy Thumb's Little Story-book, with "Little Boy Blue"

Births

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

• January 6  - Richard Polwhele, English clergyman, poet and topographer (died 1838)
• March 2  - Christina Charlotta Cederström, Swedish hostess of a salon, poet and painter
• March 10  - Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (died 1828)
• May 10
  • Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (died 1826)
  • Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French poet, composer (died 1836)
• October 26 – Maria Petronella Woesthoven, Dutch poet (died 1830)

Deaths

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

• February 14  - Isaac Hawkins Browne (born 1705), English poet
• May 9  - Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (born 1700), German
• Date unknown  - Bharatchandra Ray (born 1712), Bengali and Sanskrit poet and song composer

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry

Notes

1. Book: Magnusson, Magnus. Magnus Magnusson

   . Magnus Magnusson. Fakers, Forgers & Phoneys. Edinburgh. Mainstream. 2007. 2006. 978-1-84596-210-4. 333-4.

2. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
3. Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004,, retrieved via Google Books
4. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 320.
5. Davis, Cynthia J., and Kathryn West, Women Writers in the United States: A Timeline of Literary, Cultural, and Social History, Oxford University Press US, 1996, retrieved via Google Books on February 7, 2009