1880 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 6 – Statue of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (died 1837), sculpted by Alexander Opekushin, is unveiled in Strastnaya Square, Moscow H. C. Beeching and J. W.
1819 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). The period from September 1818 to September of this year is often referred to among scholars of John Keats as "the Great Year", or "the Living Year", because during this period he is most productive, writing his most critically acclaimed works. Several major events have been noted as factors in this increased productivity: namely, the death of his brother Tom (December 1818), the critical reviews of Endymion (1818), and his meeting Fanny Brawne (November 1818), to whom he proposes marriage on October 19.
1855 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). June 12 – Gaisford Prize founded September 27 – Alfred Tennyson reads from his new book Maud and other poems at a social gathering in the home of Robert and Elizabeth Browning in London; Dante Gabriel Rossetti makes a sketch of him doing so Belarusian writer Vintsent Dunin-Martsinkyevich publishes «Гапон» (Hapon) in the Russian Empire, the first poem written wholly in modern Belarusian.
1820 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). January 16 - Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery by "Northamptonshire peasant poet" John Clare is published in England by John Taylor April 22 - Walter Scott is created 1st baronet of Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom The Cambridge Apostles, an intellectual discussion group, is established at the University of Cambridge in England John Keats begins showing worse signs of tuberculosis.
