Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events Henry Wallis exhibits his romantic painting of The Death of Chatterton in London with the young poet and novelist George Meredith posing as his 18th-century predecessor Thomas Chatterton.

Works published in English

United Kingdom Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Aurora Leigh (first published November 15, dated 1857) Poems (see also Poems 1844, 1850, 1853) Sydney Dobell, England in Time of War Edward Fitzgerald, written anonymously, Salaman and Absal Walter Savage Landor, Antony and Octavius Coventry Patmore, The Espousals (The Angel in the House, Volume 2; see also The Betrothal 1854, Faithful for Ever 1860, The Victories of Love 1863) Wesley family, The Bards of Epworth, anthology

United States George Henry Boker, Plays and PoemsLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press ("If the title page is one year later than the copyright date, we used the latter since publishers frequently postdate books published near the end of the calendar year." — from the Preface, p vi) Thomas Holley Chivers, Birth–Day Song of Liberty William Wilberforce Lord, Andre Mortimer Thomson, writing under the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B." (Without the pen name's abbreviations: "Queer Kritter Philander Doesticks, Perfect Brick"), Plu-ri-bus-tah, A Song That's by No Author, a satire of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's HiawathaWeb page titled "Search >> Thomson, Mortimer ( Q. K. Philander Doesticks P. B. ) (1832–1875)" (a search results page?) at The Vault at Pfaff's website, retrieved July 29, 2009 Francois Dominique Rouquette, Fleurs d'Amerique Charles Sangster, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems , Canadian poet published in New YorkBentley, D. M. R., "Poetry in English", article in The Canadian Encyclopedia, retrieved February 8, 2009 Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, second edition John Greenleaf Whittier, The Panorama and Other Poems

Other Charles Sangster, The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay and Other Poems , Canadian poet published in New York by subscriptionGustafson, Ralph, The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books

Works published in other languages Aleardo Aleardi, Il Monte Circello ("Mount Circello"), Italy Juris Alunāns, Songs, Latvia Victor Hugo, Les Contemplations, FranceRees, William, The Penguin book of French poetry: 1820–1950, Penguin, 1992, .

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 9 – Lizette Woodworth Reese (died 1935), American January 22 – A. D. Godley (died 1925), Irish-born English classical scholar and writer of light verse March 4 – Toru Dutt (died 1877), Indian, writing in Sanskrit, French and English April 7 – Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (died 1920), poet and emir of Diiriye Guure August 20 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (died 1909), Sorbian poet, writer, playwright and translator Date not known – Kattakkayathil Cherian Mappila (died 1936), Indian, Malayalam-language poet

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 17 – Heinrich Heine (born 1797), German May 2 – James Gates Percival (born 1795), American poet and scientist July 21 – Emil Aarestrup (born 1806), Danish July 29 – Karel Havlíček Borovský, Czech Date not known – Irayimman Thampi (born 1782), Indian, Malayalam-language poet in the court of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma; wrote ' 'Omana tinkal kitjavo' ', a "cradle song" (or lullaby) still popular in MalayalamPaniker, Ayyappa, "Modern Malayalam Literature" chapter in George, K. M., editor, Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology, pp 231–255, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1992, retrieved January 10, 2009

See also

19th century in poetry 19th century in literature List of years in literature Victorian literature French literature of the 19th century Poetry

Notes