(March 2 O.S.) – Kristjan Jaak Peterson (died 1822), "father of Estonian poetry" February 21 – John Henry Newman (died 1890), English Roman Catholic cardinal, theologian, author and poet February 22 – William Barnes (died 1886), English writer, poet, minister, and philologist June 24 – Caroline Clive, also known as "Caroline Wigley Clive" (died 1873), English date unknown Kaviyo Ramnath (died about 1879), Indian, Rajasthani-language poet Cynthia Taggart (died 1849), American poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 2 – Johann Kaspar Lavater (born 1741), Swiss clergyman, philosopher, writer and poet January 9 – Margaretta Faugères (born 1771, American playwright, poet and political activist February 6 – Annis Boudinot Stockton (born 1736), American poet and sponsor of literary salons February 23 – Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson (born 1737), American poet and sponsor of literary salons March 14 – Ignacy Krasicki (born 1735), Polish Enlightenment poet ("the Prince of Poets"), Poland's La Fontaine, author of the first Polish novel, playwright, journalist, encyclopedist and translator from French and Greek March 25 – Friedrich von Hardenberg (born 1772), German writer, poet, mystic, philosopher and civil engineer March 25 – Novalis (born 1772), writer, poet and philosopher of early German Romanticism May 10 – Richard Gall (born 1776), Scottish August 11 – Félix María de Samaniego (born 1745), Spanish November 5 – Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 (born 1730), Japanese Edo period scholar of Kokugaku, physician and poet December 23 – James Hurdis (born 1763), English clergyman and poet Also: Jean Glover (born 1758), Scottish poet and singer, died in Ireland Lemuel Hopkins (born 1750), American See also List of years in poetry List of years in literature 19th century in literature 19th century in poetry Romantic poetry Golden Age of Russian Poetry (1800–1850) Weimar Classicism period in Germany, commonly considered to have begun in 1788 and to have ended either in 1805, with the death of Friedrich Schiller, or 1832, with the death of Goethe List of poets Poetry Notes "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto 19th-century poetry Poetry