1703 in poetry

Events

Main article: 1703

Works published

• Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions
• William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony
• Daniel Defoe:
  • A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man
  • A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon, published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe
  • More Reformation: A satyr upon himself
• Sarah Fyge Egerton, Poems on Several Occasions, prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre
• Bernard Mandeville, Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine, published anonymously

Births

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

• March 5 (n. s.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (died 1768), Russian poet
• June 28 (n.s.) – John Wesley (died 1791), English cleric and Christian theologian, founder of Methodism, psalmist and hymnist
• October 2 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni, or Kaga no Chiyo, 千代尼 (died 1775), Japanese poet of the Edo period and a prominent haiku poet (a woman)
• Date unknown – Gilbert West (died 1756), English poet and translator
• Approximate date
  • Samuel Boyse (died 1749), Irish poet
  • Henry Brooke (died 1783), Irish poet, novelist and dramatist

Deaths

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

• October 14 - Thomas Kingo (born 1634), Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer

Notes

• https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/timeline/ "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto

References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 0-19-860634-6
2. Sambrook, James. (2004). "Boyse, Samuel (1702/3?–1749)".