Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works
Aphra Behn – Poetical Remains
John Hopkins
The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin The Victory of Death; or the Fall of Beauty
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (died 1782), Italian poet and opera librettist January 10? – Richard Savage (died 1743), English poet March 22 – John Ellis (died 1791), English scrivener and poet May 8 – Henry Baker (died 1774), English naturalist, poet and sign-language developer July 19 – Johann Jakob Bodmer (died 1783), German-language Swiss, author, critic, academic and poet Approximate date – Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (died 1770), Scottish Gaelic poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January – Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (born 1625), Irish language poet February 28 – Nicolò Minato (born 1627), Italian poet, librettist and impresario September 3 – Sir Robert Howard (born 1626), English playwright, poet and brother-in-law of John Dryden
See also
List of years in poetry
List of years in literature
17th century in poetry
17th century in literature
Poetry
Notes
External links
"A Timeline of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto