1749 in poetry

===United Kingdom=== '' by Samuel Johnson, first published this year • John Brown, On Liberty • William Collins: • ''Ode Occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Thomson'', James Thomson died in August 1748 • Aaron Hill, Gideon; or, The Patriot • Ewald von Kleist, Spring; Germany • Anonymous, Fuqek Nitħaddet Malta ("I am talking about you, Malta"), Malta, approximate date ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • April 19 – Ōta Nanpo (大田 南畝), the most oft-used pen name of Ōta Tan, whose other pen names include Yomo no Akara, Yomo Sanjin, Kyōkaen, and Shokusanjin 蜀山人 (died 1823), late Edo period Japanese poet and fiction writer • May 4 – Charlotte Turner Smith (died 1806), English poet and novelist • August 28 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (died 1832), German writer • December 15 – James Graeme (died 1772), Scottish poet • December 25 – Samuel Jackson Pratt (died 1814), English poet and writer • Undated – Wang Yun (died 1819), Chinese poet and playwright during the Qing dynasty ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • January 22 – Matthew Concanen (born 1701), Irish-born English poet and writer • February 20 – Usher Gahagan, Irish-born Latin scholar, poet and coiner, hanged • May – Samuel Boyse (born 1702/3), Irish poet • June 18 – Ambrose Philips (born 1674), English poet and politician • August 13 – Johann Elias Schlegel (born 1719), German critic and poet ==See also==