1731 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734
Years in literature:	1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734
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Years:	1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734

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

[edit] Events

[edit] Works published

• Alexander Pope, Of Taste and four Moral Essays (1731-35)

[edit] Births

• Samuel Bishop
• February — Charles Churchill (died 1764, English poet^[1]
• November 15 — William Cowper, English poet (died 1800^[1]
• Erasmus Darwin
• John Freeth (?)
• Francis Grose
• William Woty

[edit] Deaths

• April 24 or April 25 — Daniel Defoe (the exact date is unknown), English author, writer, journalist, spy and poet, probably while in hiding from his creditors. He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London, where his grave can still be visited.
• December 26 — Antoine Houdar de la Motte, 59, French poet and author
• Mary Astell
• Penelope Aubin
• Edward Ward

[edit] See also

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} 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