1769 in poetry

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Events

Works published

• Thomas Chatterton, publication of the first of his "Rowley Poems," — "Elinoure and Juga," in Town and Country Magazine in May
• Richard Hurd, Ancient and Modern Scots Songs

Births

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

• Ernst Moritz Arndt (died 1860), German patriotic author and poet
• Ann Batten Cristall
• John Hookham Frere (died 1846), English diplomat, poet and author
• George Howe (died 1821), Australian
• Amelia Opie (died 1853), English poet, author

Deaths

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

• November 27 – Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 (born 1697), Japanese Edo period poet and philologist
• December 13 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (born 1715), German poet
• Also:
  • William Falconer (born 1732), Scottish poet, died from drowning
  • Sneyd Davies (born 1709), English^[1]
  • James Merrick (born 1720), English poet and scholar

See also

Poetry portal

• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature
• French literature of the 18th century
• Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s
• List of years in poetry
• Poetry

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