Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Charles Cotton:
- Burlesque upon Burlesque; or, The Scoffer Scoft, published anonymously
- The Scoffer Scoft, the second part of the above Burlesque [...]
- Thomas Hobbes, translator, The Odyssey of Homer (the author's translation of the Iliad was published in 1676)
- Richard Leigh, Poems, upon Several Occasions, and, to Several Persons
- Edward Phillips, editorTheatrum Poetarum; or, A Compleat Collection of the Poets of all Ages
Other
- René Le Bossu, Traité du Poeme Epique, a systematic description of epic poetry, based on Aristotle; the book was very favorably received; criticism, France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February – Ignjat ÃÂurÃÂeviÃÂ (died 1737), Croatian poet and translator
- February 26 (bapt.) – Abel Evans (died 1737), English clergyman, academic and poet
- August 31 – Elizabeth Thomas (died 1731), English poet
- September 2 – William Somervile (died 1742), English poet
- October 17 (bapt.) – Samuel Cobb (died 1716), English poet
- Also:
- Cille Gad (died 1711), Norwegian female poet and academic
- Jamie Macpherson (died 1700), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament
- Vakhtang VI of Kartli (died 1737), Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Notes