1730 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733
Years in literature:	1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733
Decades in poetry:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s
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Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s
Years:	1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733

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

[edit] Events

• Colley Cibber made British Poet Laureate

[edit] Works published

• Stephen Duck, Poems
• Aaron Hill, The Progress of Wit
• James Thomson, The Seasons, including Autumn

[edit] Births

• January 9 — John Scott of Amwell (died 1783), English Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson
• Oliver Goldsmith

[edit] Deaths

• Elijah Fenton (born 1683), English poet^[1]
• September 27 — Laurence Eusden, English Poet Laureate (born 1688)

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328

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