Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France
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).
Events
* February 24 –
John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem ''Paradise Lost'' was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and politic ...
marries his third wife, Elizabeth Minshull, 31 years his junior, at
St Mary Aldermary in the City of London.
*
Robert Herrick begins publishing his ''
Poor Robin's Almanack''
Works published
*
Samuel Butler, ''
Hudibras. The First Part: Written in the time of the late wars'', published anonymously (see also ''Hudibras, The Second Part''
1664, ''Hudibras. The First and Second Parts''
1674, ''Hudibras. The Third and Last Part''
1678, ''Hudibras. In Three Parts''
1684)
[Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ]
*
Abraham Cowley
Abraham Cowley (; 161828 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his ''Works'' published between 1668 and 1721.
Early ...
, ''Verses, Lately Written Upon Several Occasions''
[
* Sir William Davenant, ''Poem, to the King's Most Sacred Majesty''][
* ]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 The Lady Castlemaine, Upon Her Incouraging His First Play'', a poem[ Mark Van Doren, ''John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry'', p 52, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960")]
* Thomas Jordan, ''A Royal Arbor of Loyal Poesie''[
* Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic, ''Sielanki nowe ruskie (New Ruthenian Pastorals)''
]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article:
* February 25 – Peter Anthony Motteux, born Pierre Antoine Motteux (died 1718), French-born English playwright, translator, editor, author and poet
* August 20 – Amalia Königsmarck (died 1740), Swedish noble and dilettante
* October 9 – Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni (died 1728), Italian critic and poet
* William King (died 1712
In the Swedish calendar it began as a leap year starting on Monday and remained so until Thursday, February 29. By adding a second leap day, Friday, February 30, Sweden reverted to the Julian calendar and the rest of the year (from Saturday, M ...
), English writer
* George Stepney (died 1707), English diplomat and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article:
* Bihari Lal (born 1595), Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
poet, wrote the '' Satasaī'' ("Seven Hundred Verses")
* Approximate date – Robert Sempill the younger (born c. 1595), Scottish poet
See also
* Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
* 17th century in poetry
Works published
Danish poetry, Denmark
* Thomas Kingo, ''Aandelige Siunge-Koor'' ("Spiritual Choirs"), hymns, some of which are still sungPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993 ...
* 17th century in literature
* Restoration literature
Notes
{{Lists of poets
17th-century poetry
Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...