1700 In Poetry

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
* 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"

* Daniel Defoe — ''The Pacificator'', published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"
* 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''
* John Pomfret — ''Reason''
* Nahum Tate — ''Panacea, a poem upon tea''
* John Tutchin — ''The Foreigners'', published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in ''The True-Born Englishman'' in 1701
* Edward Ward — ''The Reformer'', published anonymously
* 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 "earin 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 monk and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment
* October 13 – Phanuel Bacon (died 1783) English playwright, poet and author
* Also – David French (died 1742), English Colonial American poet Retrieved via Google Books.
* Year uncertain – Richard Lewis (died 1734), English Colonial American poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "earin 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

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

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