1740 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743
Years in literature:	1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743
Decades in poetry:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Centuries in poetry:	17th century 18th century 19th century
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years:	1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743

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

[edit] Events

[edit] Works published

• John Dyer, The Ruins of Rome
• James Thomson, Alfred, including "Ode in Honour of Great Britain," that is, "Rule Britannia"

[edit] Births

• Carl Michael Bellman (died 1795), Swedish poet^[1]
• Samuel Henley
• Thomas Moss (?)
• Augustus Montagu Toplady

[edit] Deaths

• Thomas Tickell

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 340

[edit] See also

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