Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
Robert Davenport, A Crowne for a Conquerour; and Too Late to Call Backe Yesterday Henry Glapthorne, Poems
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 5 (bapt.) – Charles Sedley (died 1701), English wit, dramatist, poet and statesman Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu (died 1720), French poet and wit
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: May 21 – Tommaso Campanella (born 1568), Italian philosopher and poet August 20 – Martin Opitz (born 1597), German October – Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (born 1585), English poet, translator and dramatist December – Sir Henry Wotton (born 1568), English diplomat, author and poet Possible date – John Ford (born 1586), English playwright and poet