1715 in poetry

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Years in poetry:	1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718
Years in literature:	1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718
Decades in poetry:	1680s 1160s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
Centuries in poetry:	17th century 18th century 19th century
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1680s 1160s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
Years:	1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718

Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 Notes

[edit] Events

• Nicholas Rowe made British Poet Laureate

[edit] Works published

• Alexander Pope, translator of Homer's Iliad, Book I, followed by Books II in 1716, III in 1717, IV in 1718, and V-VI in 1720.
• Isaac Watts, Divine Songs for the Use of Children, including "How doth the little busy Bee"

[edit] Births

• John Brown
• Richard Jago
• Richard Graves
• William Whitehead

[edit] Deaths

• Mary Monck
• Nahum Tate

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

[edit] Notes

• [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto