1769 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772
Years in literature:	1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772
Decades in poetry:	1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
Centuries in poetry:	17th century 18th century 19th century
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years:	1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772

Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also

[edit] Events

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• Ann Batten Cristall
• John Hookham Frere
• Amelia Opie

[edit] Deaths

• November 27 — Kamo no Mabuchi, poet and philologist (born 1697)
• December 13 — Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (born 1715)

• William Falconer, by drowning
• Sneyd Davies

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry