- 1720 in poetry
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in?=in poetry
in2?=in literature
cp=17th century
c=18th century
cf=19th centuryyp1=1717
yp2=1718
yp3=1719
year=1720
ya1=1721
ya2=1722
ya3=1723
dp3=1690s
dp2=1700s
dp1=1710s
d=1720s
da=0
dn1=1730s
dn2=1740s
dn3=1750s|Events
Works published
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John Gay , "Poems on Several Occasions"
*Alexander Pope , translator, Homer's "Iliad ", Books V-VI in 1720, preceded by Book I in 1715, Book II in 1716, Book III in 1717 and Book IV in1718 in poetry .Births
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October 3 —Johann Peter Uz , German poet (died 1796)
*Francis Fawkes
*Gilbert White Deaths
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Anne Finch , countess of Winchilseaee 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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