Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 1 - James Ryder Randall, American
- April 18 - Henry Kendall (died 1882), Australian
- June 21 - Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (died 1909), Brazilian
- August 4 - Walter Pater (UK)
- August 25 - Bret Harte (d 1902)
- December 30 - John Todhunter, Irish
- Date not known:
- William Little (Australian poet) (died 1916), Australian
- Velutteri Keshavan Vaidyar (died 1897), Indian, Malayalam-language poet
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