1751 in poetry

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	This is part of the List of years in poetry
Years in poetry:	1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754
Years in literature:	1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754
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Contents 1 Events 2 Works published 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also

[edit] Events

• Christopher Smart wins the Seatonian Prize for the second year in a row. He will also win the prize in 1753 and 1755.

[edit] Works published

• Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard a literary sensation published in February by Robert Dodsley

[edit] Births

• Henrietta Battier (?)
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• February 20 — Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet (died 1826)

[edit] Deaths

• John Bancks
• Philip Doddridge

[edit] See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry