Overview of the events of 1864 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1864 in poetry
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Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 8 – Orelia Key Bell (died 1959), American
- May 4 – Richard Hovey (died 1900), American
- February 17 – Andrew "Banjo" Paterson (died 1941), Australian writer and poet
- April 30 (April 18 O.S.) – Juhan Liiv (died 1913), Estonian
- September 18 – Itō Sachio 伊藤佐千夫, pen name of Itō Kojirō (died 1913), Japanese, Meiji period tanka poet and novelist (surname: Itō)
- September 29 – Miguel de Unamuno (died 1936), Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher
- November 26 – Herman Gorter (died 1927), Dutch poet and socialist
- November 30 – Sydney Jephcott (died 1951), Australian
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- January 13 – Stephen Foster (born 1826), American songwriter
- January 29 – Lucy Aikin (born 1781), English writer
- February 2 – Adelaide Anne Procter (born 1825), English poet, a daughter of poet Bryan Procter
- April 18 – Juris Alunāns (born 1832), Latvian philologist and poet
- May 20 – John Clare (born 1793), English "peasant poet"
- July 4 – Nathaniel Hawthorne (born 1804), American writer
- July 6 – George Pope Morris (born 1802), American editor, poet and songwriter
- September 17 – Walter Savage Landor (born 1775), English writer and poet
- November 3 – Gonçalves Dias (born 1823), Brazilian (shipwreck)