1766 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). German poet and critic Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg begins publication of his Briefe über Merkwürdigkeiten der Litteratur in which he formulates the literary principles of Sturm und Drang. Mark Akenside, An Ode to the Late Thomas Edwards John Cunningham, Poems, Chiefly Pastoral Isaac D'Israeli, The Literary Character John Freeth, The Political Songster Oliver Goldsmith, editor, Poems for Young Ladies, an anthology published this year, although the book states "1767" Francis Hopkinson, "A Psalm of Thanksgiving", English, Colonial America Charles Jenner, Poems Thomas Letchworh, "A Morning and Evening's Meditation; or, A Descant on the Times", English, Colonial America Henry James Pye, Beauty Anna Williams, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 3 - Nguyễn Du (died 1820), Vietnamese poet April 27 - Vasily Pushkin (died 1830), Russian poet October 11 - Nólsoyar Páll (lost at sea c.1808), Faroese merchant and poet December 3 - Robert Bloomfield (died 1823), English "ploughboy poet" Maharaja Chandu Lal (died 1845), Indian Urdu- and Persian-language poet and politician Martha Llwyd (died 1845), Welsh poet and hymnodist Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: September 23 - John Brown (born 1715), English clergyman, essayist and poet c. November - Catherine Jemmat, née Yeo (born c.1714), English memoirist and anthologist December 12 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (born 1700), German critic December 24 - James Grainger (born c.