1669 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
... 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 ... 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 ... 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 ...
In literature 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

Great Britain

• Sir John Denham, Cato Major of Old Age, a verse paraphrase of Cicero's De senectute^[1]
• Richard Flecknoe, Epigrams of All Sorts^[1]

Other

• René Rapin, Observations sur les poèmes d'Homère et de Virgile , critical essay, Paris; France

Births

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

• February 3 – Kada no Azumamaro (died 1736), Japanese early Edo period poet and philologist

Deaths

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

• March 19 – John Denham (born 1614 or 1615), English poet and courtier, buried in Westminster Abbey
• September 3 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas (born 1589), Spanish
• September 30 – Henry King (born 1592), English poet and bishop
• October 8 – Jane Cavendish (born 1621), English poet and playwright

See also

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

Notes

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6