page_title: 1796 in poetry
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1796 in poetry / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the room in which Robert Burn died in Dumfries, Scotland.
context_page_description: Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
context_section_description: July 21 – Death of the Scottish national poet, Robert Burns ("Rabbie Burns", "Scotland's favourite son", "the Ploughman Poet", "the Bard (of Ayrshire)"), in Dumfries, at the age of 37. His funeral (with honours as a military volunteer) takes place on July 25 while his wife, Jean, is in labour with their ninth child together, Maxwell. Burns is at first buried in the far corner of St. Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries. The volume of The Scots Musical Museum published this year includes his versions of the Scots poem "Auld Lang Syne" and "Charlie Is My Darling".
caption: The death room of Robert Burns
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