- 1731 in poetry
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year=1731
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ya2=1733
ya3=1734
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dp2=1710s
dp1=1720s
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dn1=1740s
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dn3=1760s|Events
Works published
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Alexander Pope , "Of Taste and four Moral Essays" (1731-35)Births
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Samuel Bishop
*February — Charles Churchill (died 1764, English poetGrun, Bernard, "The Timetables of History", third edition, 1991 (original book, 1946), page 328]
*November 15 —William Cowper , English poet (died 1800
*Erasmus Darwin
*John Freeth (?)
*Francis Grose
*William Woty Deaths
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April 24 orApril 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 inBunhill 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 ee also
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Poetry
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature Notes
* [http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
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