Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Elizabeth Bradford and William Bradford write prefatory poems for Benjamin Keach's War with the Devil, Colonial America
- Samuel Cobb, Poems on Several Occasions
- Benjamin Colman, "A Poem on Elijah's Translation, occasioned by the death of Rev. Samuel Willard", delivered as a sermon at Willard's funeral, the longest of Colman's poems; English Colonial America
- John Pomfret, Quae Rara, Chara: A poem on Panthea's confinement
- Charles Sedley, The Poetical Works
- Nahum Tate, The Triumph of Union
- Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, the first of many editions throughout the 18th century and afterward
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester,
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 26 â€" Mather Byles, (died 1788), English Colonial American clergyman and poet
- December 18 â€" Charles Wesley (died 1788), Methodist clergyman and hymn writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- September 15 â€" George Stepney (born 1663), English poet and diplomat
- September 23 â€" John Tutchin (born c. 1661), radical Whig controversialist, gadfly English journalist and poet
- September 24 â€" Vincenzo da Filicaja (born 1642), Italian poet
- Also:
- Henry Hall (born 1656), English poet and composer
- Takarai Kikaku å®äº•å…¶è§', also known as "Enomoto Kikaku" (born 1661), Japanese haiku poet and disciple of Matsuo BashÅ
- Wali Muhammad Wali, also known as Wali Deccani and Wali Aurangabadi (born 1667), Indian, Urdu-language poet
See also
- Poetry
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
Notes
- [1] "A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto