Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 20 – Adam Oehlenschlager (died 1850), Danish
- May 28 – Thomas Moore (died 1852), Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer
- July 15 – Clement Moore (died 1863), American credited as the author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (more commonly known today as "Twas the Night Before Christmas")
- August 1 – Francis Scott Key (died 1843), American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- November 5 – Washington Allston, (died 1843), American poet and painter
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)