1768 in poetry

1768 in poetry

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Events

Works published

* Thomas Gray, "Poems", including "The Fatal Sisters" and "The Descent of Odin"
* Lady Mary Montagu, "Poetical Works"
* Phillis Wheatley writes "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty," in which she praised George III for repealing the Stamp Act. ["Women's Political and Social Thought: An Anthology" by Hilda L. Smith, Indiana University Press, 2000, page 123.] Wheatley would later become a strong supporter of the American Revolution.

Births

* William Shepherd
* November 18 — Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (died 1823)

Deaths

*August 17 (N. S.) — Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (born 1703)
*December 20 — Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (born 1692)
* Thomas Mozeen

ee also

*Poetry
*List of years in poetry

References


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