Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
Great Britain
Sir John Denham, Cato Major of Old Age, a verse paraphrase of Cicero's De senectute Richard Flecknoe, Epigrams of All Sorts
Other
René Rapin, Observations sur les poèmes d'Homère et de Virgile, critical essay, Paris; France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 3 – Kada no Azumamaro (died 1736), Japanese early Edo period poet and philologist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 19 – John Denham (born 1614 or 1615), English poet and courtier, buried in Westminster Abbey September 3 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas (born 1589), Spanish September 30 – Henry King (born 1592), English poet and bishop October 8 – Jane Cavendish (born 1621), English poet and playwright