1745 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1745 in poetry

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October 19 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, dies aged 78. His body is laid out in public for the people of Dublin to pay their last respects, and he is buried, in accordance with his wishes, in his cathedral by Esther Johnson's side, with his own epitaph: Ubi sæva Indignatio/Ulterius/Cor lacerare nequit ("Where savage indignation can no longer lacerate the heart").^[1] His death marks the end of the Scriblerus Club and the effective end of the age of Augustan poetry.

John Adams, Poems on Several Occasions, Biblical verse paraphrases, devotional works and nonreligious poems; English Colonial America^[2]
Mark Akenside, Odes on Several Subjects, published anonymously^[3]
John Brown, An Essay on Satire: Occasion'd by the death of Mr. Pope, published anonymously; Alexander Pope died May 30, 1744^[3]
John Gilbert Cooper, The Power of Harmony, published anonymously^[3]
Charles Jennens, Belshazzar: An oratorio, verse and music; performed in March; music by Handel^[3]
Samuel Madden, Boulter's Monument, "Assisted by Samuel Johnson", according to The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature^[3]
Moses Mendes, translator, Henry and Blanche; or, The Revengful Marriage, from the French of Alain-René Lesage^[3]
Glocester Ridley, Jovi Eleutherio; or, An Offering to Liberty, published anonymously^[3]
Thomas Scott, England's Danger and Duty, published anonymously^[3]
William Thompson, Sickness, first two books (Book 3, 1746)^[3]

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January 18 – Caterino Mazzolà (died 1806), Italian poet and librettist
February 2 – Hannah More (died 1833), English religious writer, poet, play and philanthropist
February 20 – Henry James Pye (died 1813), English Poet Laureate
March 4 (bapt.) – Charles Dibdin (died 1814), English musician, dramatist, novelist, poet, actor and songwriter
July 5 – Carl Arnold Kortum (died 1824), German writer, poet and physician
July 26 – Henry Mackenzie (died 1831), Scottish novelist, writer and poet
October 12 – Félix María de Samaniego (died 1801), Spanish fabulist
October 13 (bapt.) – William Crowe (died 1829), English poet and academic
November 9 – William Hayley (died 1820), English poet and writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper
December 10 – Thomas Holcroft (died 1809), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
Also – Charles Morris (died 1838), British army officer and songwriter

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Spring – William Meston (born 1688), Scottish poet
May 28 – Jonathan Richardson (born 1667), English portrait painter and poet
June – Pierre des Maizeaux (born 1673), French writer, translator, biographer and poet
September 11 – Mary Chandler (born 1687), English milliner and poet
October 19 – Jonathan Swift (born 1667), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet
November 16 – William Broome (born 1689), English poet and translator

^ McMinn, Joseph (2016). Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life. Springer. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-349-21253-8.
^ Burt, Daniel S., The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7, retrieved via Google Books
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6

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