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* Anonymous, ''An Antidote Against Melancholy'', one of the most important and earliest collections of "drolleries"Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Alexander Brome, ''Songs and Other Poems'' *

John Bunyan John Bunyan (; 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory ''The Pilgrim's Progress'', which also became an influential literary model. In addition to ''The Pilgrim' ...

, ''Profitable Meditations Fitted to Mans Different Condition'', the author's first prison work and first published verse *

John Dryden John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration (En ...

, ''To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyrick on his Coronation'',

Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and King of Ireland, Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest su ...

was crowned April 23 this year *

John Evelyn John Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706) was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, who is now best known as a diary, diarist. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society. John Evelyn's Diary, ...

, ''A Panegyric to Charles the Second'' *

Edmund Waller Edmund Waller, 3 March 1606 to 21 October 1687, was a poet and politician from Buckinghamshire. He sat as MP for various constituencies between 1624 and 1687, and was one of the longest serving members of the English House of Commons. Althoug ...

, ''A Poem on St James's Park'' * George Wither, ''The Prisoners Plea''

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* Anders Arrebo, ''Hexaemeron'', poem describing the six days of Creation, written c. 1622, published posthumouslyPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article: * April –

Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (''née'' Kingsmill; April 16615 August 1720), was an English poet and courtier. Finch wrote in many genres and on many topics - including fables, odes, songs, and religious verse - which are informed by "pol ...

, born Anne Kingsmill (died

1720 Events January–March * January 21 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). * February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England. * February 17 – The Treaty o ...

), English poet * April 16 –

Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (16 April 1661 – 19 May 1715) was an England, English statesman and poet. He was the grandson of the Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, 1st Earl of Manchester and was eventually ennobled himself, firs ...

(died

1715 Events For dates within Great Britain and the British Empire, as well as in the Russian Empire, the "old style" Julian calendar was used in 1715, and can be converted to the "new style" Gregorian calendar (adopted in the British Empire in ...

), English poet and statesman *

Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie Johanna Eleonora Stenbock (née De la Gardie) (1661 in Hamburg – 1708 in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noblewoman. Biography Johanna was a daughter of Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsm ...

(died 1708), German-born Swedish poet and noble * Takarai Kikaku 宝井其角, also known as "Enomoto Kikaku" (died

1707 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarv ...

), Japanese

haiku is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 Mora (linguistics), morae (called ''On (Japanese prosody), on'' in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; that include a ''kire ...

poet and disciple of Matsuo Bashō * Approximate date ** William Cleland (died

1689 Events Notable events during this year include: * Coup, war, and legislation in England and its territories. ** The overthrow of Catholic king James of England, Ireland, and Scotland in the Glorious Revolution. ** The latter realms ente ...

), Scottish poet and soldier **

Samuel Garth Sir Samuel Garth Royal Society, FRS (1661 – 18 January 1719) was an England, English physician and poet. Life Garth was born in Bolam, County Durham, Bolam in County Durham and matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1676, graduating B.A. ...

(died 1719), English physician and poet ** John Tutchin (died

), English radical Whig controversialist, gadfly journalist and poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article: * February 12 – August Buchner (born 1591), German poet and critic * October 2 – Barten Holyday (born 1593), English clergyman, author and poet * December 29 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant (born 1594), French poet * Approximate date ** Antonio Enríquez Gómez (born c.

1601 This Epoch (reference date)#Computing, epoch is the beginning of the 400-year Gregorian leap-year cycle within which digital files first existed; the last year of any such cycle is the only leap year whose year number is divisible by 100. Jan ...

), Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist **

María de Zayas María de Zayas y Sotomayor (born 12 September 1590) was a writer during the Spanish Golden Age. She is considered by many modern critics to be one of the pioneers of feminist literature, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished ba ...

(born 1590), Spanish poet and playwright

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