Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
).
Events
Works published
*
Elizabeth Bradford and
William Bradford write prefatory poems for
Benjamin Keach's ''War with the Devil'',
Colonial America
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the late 15th century until the unifying of the Thirteen British Colonies and creation of the United States in 1776, during the Re ...
*
Samuel Cobb, ''Poems on Several Occasions''
[Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ]
*
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
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
[Burt, Daniel S.]
''The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times''
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, , retrieved via Google Books
* ''Poems on Affairs of State'', including the first publication together of
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
's ''
Venus and Adonis'' and ''
The Rape of Lucrece
''The Rape of Lucrece'' (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, ''Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem), Venus and Adonis'' (1593), Shakespeare had included ...
''
*
John Pomfret, ''Quae Rara, Chara: A poem on Panthea's confinement''
[
* Charles Sedley, ''The Poetical Works''][Sitter, John, editor, ''The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry'', "Chronology", p xiv, (2001) Cambridge University Press, ]
* Nahum Tate, ''The Triumph of Union''[
* ]Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include " When I Survey th ...
, ''Hymns and Spiritual Songs'', the first of many editions throughout the 18th century and afterward[
* John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, ''The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester And Roscommon. With The Memoirs of the Life and Character of the late Earl of Rochester, in a Letter to the Dutchess of Mazarine. By Mons. St. Evremont'', London: Printed & sold by B. Bragge; second edition in the same year, London: Printed for Edmund Curll (third edition, 1709)][Web page title]
"John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)"
at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. 2009-05-02.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article:
* March 26 – Mather Byles, (died 1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
), English Colonial American clergyman and poet
* December 18 – Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English Anglican cleric and a principal leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include "And Can It ...
(died 1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
), English Methodist clergyman and hymn writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article:
* March 30 – Henry Hall (born 1656), English poet and composer of church music
* September 15 – George Stepney (born 1663), English poet and diplomat
* September 18 – Petter Dass (born c.1647
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Chinese bandit leader Zhang Xianzhong, who has ruled the Sichuan province since 1644, is killed at Xichong County, Xichong by a Qing archer, after having been betrayed by one of his officer ...
/8), Norwegian poet
* September 23 – John Tutchin (born c. 1661
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them.
* January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a Br ...
), English radical Whig controversialist, gadfly journalist and poet
* September 24 – Vincenzo da Filicaja (born 1642
Events
January–March
* January 4 – King Charles I of England, accompanied by soldiers, arrives at a session of the Long Parliament and attempts to arrest his chief opponents, the Five Members, John Hampden, Arthur Haselri ...
), Italian poet
* Also:
** Takarai Kikaku 宝井其角, also known as "Enomoto Kikaku" (born 1661
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Fifth Monarchists, led by Thomas Venner, unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London; George Monck's regiment defeats them.
* January 29 – The Rokeby baronets, a Br ...
), 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
** Wali Mohammed Wali, also known as Wali Deccani and Wali Aurangabadi (born 1667), Indian, Urdu
Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...
-language 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 ...
* List of years in poetry
* List of years in literature
Notes
"A Timeline of English Poetry" Web page of the Representative Poetry Online Web site, University of Toronto
{{Lists of poets
18th-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 ...