Deaths
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- April 23 – Thomas Tickell (born 1685), English poet and man of letters
- December 11 – Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann (born 1711), German
- date not known – John Adams (born 1704), English Colonial American clergyman and poet
- date not known – Jane Brereton (born 1685), English poet notable as a correspondent to The Gentleman's Magazine
- date not known – Upendra Bhanja (born either 1670 or 1688), poet of Oriya Literature and awarded the title "Kavi-Samrata" - "The Emperor of the Poets"
- date not known – Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck (born 1663), Swedish poet
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