longest poem presents sketches of those who pass beneath a 200-year-old chestnut tree Works published in other languages France Victor Hugo, Nouvelles Odes Alfred de Vigny, Éloa, ou La sœur des anges ("Éloa, or the Sister of the Angels"), a three-part epic Other Giacomo Leopardi, Italian Canzoni Versi Wilhelm Müller, German Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten ("Poems from the posthumous papers of a travelling horn-player"), concludes publication Lieder der Griechen ("Songs of the Greeks"), concludes publication Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 25 – Michael Madhusudan Dutta (মাইকেল মধুসূদন দত্ত also spelled "Maikel Modhushudôn Dôtto" and "Datta") (died 1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, Indian Gujarati and English-language poet and dramatist April 5 – Sydney Thompson Dobell (died 1874), English May 19 – William Allingham (died 1889), Irish July 25 – George Boyer Vashon (died 1878), African American lawyer, abolitionist, poet and scholar August 15 – Charles Godfrey Leland (died 1903), American folklorist August 21 – Caroline Dana Howe (died 1907), American poet, hymnwriter, and author September 4 – Phoebe Cary (died 1871), American October – James Lionel Michael (died 1868), Australian December 10 – George MacDonald (died 1905), Scots writer, poet and Christian minister Also – Aristotelis Valaoritis (died 1879), Greek Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 2 – Susanna Rowson (born 1762), British-American novelist, playwright, poet, lyricist, religious writer, stage actress and educator March 30 – Thomas Maurice (born 1754), English poet and scholar April 13 – Jane Taylor (born 1783), English poet and novelist April 19 – Lord Byron (born 1788), English poet and romantic hero August 15 – Carl Arnold Kortum (born 1745), German writer, poet and physician October 17 – Elizabeth Cobbold (born 1765), English poet November 23 – Matthäus Casimir von Collin (born 1779), Austrian poet See also Poetry 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 Notes 19th-century poetry Poetry