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

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• Alexander Pope begins writing An Essay on Man. The first three epistles will be finished by 1731 and published in early 1733, with the fourth and final epistle published in 1734. Originally published anonymously, Pope acknowledged his authorship in 1735.

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

• January 6 – Anne Penny, née Hughes (died 1784), Welsh-born poet
• January 22 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (died 1781), German poet
• April 13 – Thomas Percy (died 1811), English clergyman, bishop and poet
• May 23 – Giuseppe Parini (died 1799), Italian satirist and poet
• September 27 – Michael Denis (died 1800) Austrian writer, poet, translator, librarian and zoologist
• November 30
  • George Keate (died 1797), English poet and writer
  • Samuel Seabury (died 1796), American clergyman and poet^[3]
• Also – John Cunningham (died 1773), Irish poet and dramatist

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

• January 19 – William Congreve (born 1670), English playwright and poet
• June 29 – Edward Taylor (born c. 1642), Colonial American poet, physician and clergyman^[3]
• October 9 – Sir Richard Blackmore (born 1654), English poet and physician
• Date not known – Sìleas na Ceapaich (born c. 1660), Scottish Gaelic poet

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