1764 in poetry explained

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

Events

• February  - The Club, a London dining club, is founded by Samuel Johnson and Joshua Reynolds.

Works published

• Charles Churchill (see "Deaths", below):
  • The Candidate^[1]
  • The Duelist^[1]
  • The Farewell^[1]
  • Gotham, Books 1, 2 and 3 published separately this year^[1]
  • Independence, published anonymously^[1]
  • The Times^[1]
• John Gilbert Cooper, Poems on Several Subjects^[1]
• James Grainger, The Sugar Cane,^[1] by a British doctor in Saint Kitts^[2]
• Edward Jerningham, The Nun^[1]
• Mary Latter, Liberty and Interest^[1]
• William Mason, Poems^[1]
• Benjamin Youngs Prime, The Patriotic Muse, English, Colonial America^[3]
• Christopher Smart, translator, A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus^[1]
• Thomas Warton, editor, The Oxford Sausage; or, Select Poetical Pieces,^[1] anthology of verse and Oxford wit
• James Woodhouse, Poems on Sundry Occasions^[4]

Births

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

• February 11  - Marie-Joseph de Chenier (died 1811), French
• February 15  - Jens Baggesen (died 1826), Danish^[5]
• July 27  - John Thelwall (died 1834), radical English orator, writer, elocutionist and poet
• August 18  - Judah Leib Ben-Ze'ev (died 1811), Galician Hebrew philologist, lexicographer, Biblical scholar and poet
• November 24  - Ulrika Widström (died 1841), Swedish poet and translator.

Deaths

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

• May 10  - Christian Friedrich Henrici, known as "Picander" (born 1700), German
• September 23  - Robert Dodsley (born 1703), English bookseller, poet, dramatist and anthologist
• November 4  - Charles Churchill (born 1732), English poet and satirist^[6] (see "Works", above)
• December 15  - Robert Lloyd (born 1733), English poet and satirist, died in Fleet Prison

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry

Notes and References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-jzJb96uTdQC&pg=PR17&dq=Timeline+poetry&ei=whCOScW-DpvWzAS-s_y5BQ#PPR17,M1 "Selected Timeline of Anglophone Caribbean Poetry"
3. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602 - 1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
4. Web site: Woodhouse, James. Christmas. William J.. 3 October 2013. www.oxforddnb.com. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/29924. 2019-02-11.
5. Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
6. Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328