Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
Events
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Matthew Prior
Matthew Prior (21 July 1664 – 18 September 1721) was an English poet and diplomat. He is also known as a contributor to '' The Examiner''.
Early life
Prior was probably born in Middlesex. He was the son of a Nonconformist joiner at Wimborne ...
,
English poet, enters
Parliament.
Works published
Great Britain
*
Mary Chudleigh
Mary, Lady Chudleigh (; August 1656–1710) was an English poet who belonged to an intellectual circle that included Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas, Judith Drake, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and John Norris. In her later ye ...
''The Ladies Defence; or, The Bride-woman's Counsellor Answer'd''
[Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ]
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Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its ...
, ''The True-born Englishman: A satyr'', published anonymously this year, but dated "1700"; inspired by
John Tutchin's ''The Foreigners'' (
1700
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 19), where then Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 11 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 17 ...
), and answered by Tuchin (anonymously) in his ''The Apostates'', this year; Defoe's poem also resulted in many other responses, adaptations and attacks
[
* ]John Dennis John Dennis may refer to:
*John Dennis (dramatist) (1658–1734), English dramatist
*John Dennis (1771–1806), Maryland congressman
* John Dennis (1807–1859), his son, Maryland congressman
*John Stoughton Dennis (1820–1885), Canadian surveyor
...
, ''Advancement and Reformation of Modern Poetry'' (criticism)[Paul, Harry Gilbert]
''John Dennis: His Life and Criticism''
p 4, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010
* John Dryden, ''Poems on Various Occasions; and Translations from Several Authors'' (posthumous)[
* Charles Gildon, ''A New Miscellany of Original Poems'' (anthology), includes "The Spleen" and other poems by Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea][
* ]Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (; February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a New England Puritan clergyman and a prolific writer. Educated at Harvard College, in 1685 he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting H ...
, ''Consolations'', English, Colonial America
The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the ...
(Massachusetts)[Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press]
* John Philips:
** ''The Splendid Shilling''
** ''The Sylvan Dream; or, The Mourning Muses'', published anonymously, usually attributed to Philips[
* ]John Wilmot
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester embodie ...
, Earl of Rochester, ''Poems on Several Occasions. By the R. H. the E. of R.'', London: Printed for A. T.[Web page title]
"John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)"
at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. 2009-05-02.
Other
* Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, ''l'Œuvres diverses'' ("Diverse Works"), France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article:
* Matthew Concanen
Matthew Concanen (1701 – 22 January 1749) was a writer, poet and lawyer born in Ireland.
Life
Concanen studied law in Ireland but travelled to London as a young man, and began writing political pamphlets in support of the Whig government. ...
(died 1749
Events
January–March
* January 3
** Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
** The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, ...
), Irish-born English poet and writer[
* ]Matthew Pilkington
Matthew Pilkington (1701–1774), Church of Ireland priest, writer, and art historian, was the author of a standard text on painters that became known as ''Pilkington's Dictionary''. His first wife was the poet and memoirist Laetitia Pilkington a ...
(died 1774
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I.
* January 27
** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and f ...
), Irish art historian and satirist[
* James Sterling (died ]1763
Events
January–March
* January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
* February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...
), English Colonial American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
poet[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
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " earin poetry" article:
* February – Miguel de Barrios Miguel Barrios (a.k.a. Daniel Levi de Barrios; c. 1625 – 1701) was a poet and historian from a converso family who joined the community of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. He was born in Montilla, Spain and died in Amsterdam. Miguel was t ...
(born 1625
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet.
* February 3 – ...
), Spanish poet and historian
* March 15 – Jean Renaud de Segrais
Jean Regnault de Segrais (22 August 1624, Caen – 25 March 1701) was a French poet and novelist born in Caen. He was elected a member of the Académie française in 1662.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Regnault De Segrais, Jean
1624 births
1701 death ...
(born 1624
Events
January–March
* January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, Baghdad is recaptured by the Safavid Empire.
* January 22 – Korean General Yi Gwal leads an uprising of 12,000 soldiers against King Injo in wh ...
), French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
poet and novelist
* August 20 – Sir Charles Sedley
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (March 1639 – 20 August 1701), was an English noble, dramatist and politician. He was principally remembered for his wit and profligacy..
Life
He was the son of Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet, of Aylesford in K ...
(born 1639
Events
January–March
* January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted.
* January 19 – Hämeenlinna ( sv, Tavastehus) is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish, ...
), English wit, dramatist, poet and statesman[
* August 24 – ]Ahasverus Fritsch
Ahasverus Fritsch (16 December 1629 – 24 August 1701) was a German jurist, poet and hymn writer of the Baroque era.
Fritsch was born in Mücheln as a son of the mayor. In 1631, the family was forced to flee when the city was burned down. Later ...
(born 1629
Events
January–March
* January 7– Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate, the 15-year-old son of the German Palatinate elector, Frederick V, drowns in an accident while sailing to Amsterdam.
* January 19&nd ...
), German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
poet and legal writer
* August 31 – Samuel Chappuzeau
Samuel Chappuzeau (16 June 1625, Paris – 31 August 1701) was a French scholar, author, poet and playwright whose best-known work today is ''Le Théâtre François'', a description of French Theatre in the seventeenth century.
Chappuzeau's pl ...
(born 1625
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet.
* February 3 – ...
), French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
scholar, author, poet and playwright
* Shah Inayatullah (born 1613
Events
January–June
* January 11 – Workers in a sandpit in the Dauphiné region of France discover the skeleton of what is alleged to be a 30-foot tall man (the remains, it is supposed, of the giant Teutobochus, a legendary ...
), poet from Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, Pakistan
See also
* Poetry
* List of years in poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry.
21st century in poetry
2020s
* 2023 in poetry
* 2022 ...
* 18th century in poetry
See also
* Augustan poetry
In Latin literature, Augustan poetry is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Roman Emperor, Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. In English liter ...
* 18th century in literature
Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the years 1700–1799.
European literature in the 18th century
European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, and novels) produced in ...
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