Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Works published

• Sir Richard Blackmore — A Satyr Against Wit, published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden^[1]
• Samuel Cobb — Poetae Britannici his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime"

John Dryden died this year

• Daniel Defoe — The Pacificator, published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"^[1]
• John Dryden — Fables, Ancient and Modern, the poet's final anthology
• William King — The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies, published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane, editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society^[1]
• John Pomfret — Reason^[1]
• Nahum Tate — Panacea, a poem upon tea^[1]
• John Tutchin — The Foreigners, published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701^[1]
• Edward Ward — The Reformer, published anonymously^[1]
• Samuel Wesley — An Epistle to a Friend concerning Poetry
• Thomas Yalden — The Temple of Fame
• Anonymous — Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija, Gozo

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 2 – Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766), German poet
• January 14 – Christian Friedrich Henrici (died 1764), German poet
• May 26 – Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (died 1760), German poet
• September 11 – James Thomson (died 1748), Scottish poet
• September 30 – Stanisław Konarski, born Hieronim Konarski (died 1773), Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist friar and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment
• October 13 – Phanuel Bacon (died 1783) English playwright, poet and author^[1]
• Also – David French (died 1742), English Colonial American poet^[2]
• Year uncertain – Richard Lewis (died 1734), English Colonial American poet^[2]

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• March 14 – Henry Killigrew (born 1613), English clergyman, poet and playwright
• May 12 – John Dryden (born 1631), English poet, former Poet Laureate
• July 19 – Thomas Creech (born 1659), English translator of classical poetry, found dead this day from suicide
• November 16 – Jamie Macpherson (born 1675), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament, hanged
• Also:
  • Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (born 1643), Guatemalan historian and poet
  • Bahinabai (born 1628), Maharashtran Varkari female poet-saint
  • Edward Howard died about this year (born 1624), English playwright and poet, brother of Sir Robert Howard^[1]

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature

Notes