Australian March 15 – Lionel Pigot Johnson (died 1902), English April 10 – George William Russell "Æ" (died 1935), Irish June 5 - Paul-Jean Toulet (died 1920), French June 17 – Henry Lawson (died 1922), Australian August 2 – Ernest Dowson (died 1900), English poet, novelist and writer of short stories associated with the Decadent movement August 13 – Rudolf G. Binding (died 1938), Swiss-born German September 17 – Masaoka Shiki 正岡 子規, pen-name of Masaoka Tsunenori 正岡 常規, who changes his name to Noboru 升 (died 1902), Japanese author, poet, literary critic, journalist and, early in his life, a baseball player (surname: Masaoka) November 8 – Sadakichi Hartmann (died 1944), American November 26 – Roderic Quinn (died 1949), Australian Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 5? – Alexander Smith (born 1829), Scottish Spasmodic poet January 20 – Nathaniel Parker Willis (born 1806), American author, poet and editor February 2 – Forceythe Willson (born 1837), American poet February 23 – Pietro Zorutti (Pieri Çorut, born 1792), Friulian poet August 31 – Charles Baudelaire (born 1821), French poet, critic and translator October 7 – Henry Timrod (born 1829), American poet November 19 – Fitz-Greene Halleck (born 1790), American poet John Hollin Ridge (born 1827), American poet See also 19th century in poetry 19th century in literature List of years in poetry List of years in literature Victorian literature French literature of the 19th century Poetry Notes Poetry 19th-century poetry