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

Events

• Thomas Shadwell appointed poet laureate
• Matsuo Bash visits Kisakata, Akita, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands

Works published

Great Britain

• Aphra Behn, The History of the Nun; or, The Fair Vow-Breaker, Behn died on April 16 of this year^[1]
• Charles Cotton, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
• Robert Gould, Poems^[1]
• Nathaniel Lee, On the Death of Mrs Behn, Aphra Behn died on April 16 of this year^[1]

Other

• Michael Wigglesworth, Riddles Unriddled; or, Christian Paradoxes, a poem published in the 14th edition of Meat Out of the Eater, English Colonial America^[2]

Births

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

• Shah Abdul Latif Bhita'i (died 1752), Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
• William Broome (died 1745), English poet and translator
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (died 1762), English aristocrat and writer

Deaths

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

• April 16 – Aphra Behn (born 1640), English playwright and poet; a woman^[1]
• August 21 – William Cleland (born 1661), Scottish poet and soldier
• October 4 – Quirinus Kuhlmann (born 1651), German Baroque poet and mystic
• December 13 – Zbigniew Morsztyn (born 1628), Polish poet
• date unknown – Marusia Churai (born 1626), semi-mythical Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet, and singer
• date unknown – Khushal Khan Khattak (born 1613), Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chief
• date unknown – Gwilym Puw (born 1626), Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Restoration literature

Notes