Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events May 26 – Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior") on which he visits Kisakata, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands. Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate of England.
Works published
Great Britain Aphra Behn, The History of the Nun; or, The Fair Vow-Breaker, Behn died on April 16 of this year Charles Cotton, Poems on Several Occasions Robert Gould, Poems Nathaniel Lee, On the Death of Mrs Behn, Aphra Behn died on April 16 of this year
Other Michael Wigglesworth, Riddles Unriddled; or, Christian Paradoxes, a poem published in the 14th edition of Meat Out of the Eater, English Colonial AmericaLudwig, Richard M.; Nault, Clifford A., Jr. (1986). Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983. New York: Oxford University Press.
Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 25 – Khushal Khattaktak (born 1613), Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chief May 3 (bapt.) – William Broome (died 1745), English poet and translator May 15 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (died 1762), English aristocrat and writer November 18 – Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (died 1752), Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January – William Chamberlayne (born c.1619), English poet and playwright April 16 – Aphra Behn (born 1640), English woman playwright and poet August 21 – William Cleland (born 1661), Scottish poet and soldier, killed at Battle of Dunkeld October 4 – Quirinus Kuhlmann (born 1651), German Baroque poet and mystic, burned at the stake December 13 – Zbigniew Morsztyn (born 1628), Polish poet date unknown – Gwilym Puw (born 1626), Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer
See also
Poetry 17th century in poetry 17th century in literature Restoration literature
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