corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Spring – William Meston (born 1688), Scottish poet May 28 – Jonathan Richardson (born 1667), English portrait painter and poet June – Pierre des Maizeaux (born 1673), French writer, translator, biographer and poet September 11 – Mary Chandler (born 1687), English milliner and poet October 19 – Jonathan Swift (born 1667), Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer and poet November 16 – William Broome (born 1689), English poet and translator See also Poetry List of years in poetry List of years in literature 18th century in poetry 18th century in literature Augustan poetry Notes 18th-century poetry Poetry