Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie française
Works published
Anonymous, Westminster-Drollery; or, A Choice Collection of the Newest Songs & Poems Both at Court & Theaters (second part published in 1672) John Milton, Paradise Regain'd: A poem [...] To which is added Samson Agonistes, published in May (Samson Agonistes published separately in 1681)
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: April 6 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (died 1741), French poet and epigrammatist September 7 – Antoine Danchet (died 1748), French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet September 28 – Sarah Dixon (died 1765), English poet November 6 – Colley Cibber (died 1757), English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: April 30 – Fran Krsto Frankopan (born 1643), Croatian poet and politician (executed) September 28 – Jean de Montigny (born 1636), French philosophic writer and poet Pierre Le Moyne (born 1602), French Jesuit poet Sokuhi Nyoitsu (born 1616), Chinese Buddhist monk, poet and calligrapher Yun Seon-do (born 1587), Korean poet and government official