1680 in poetry

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

Events

• The Irish poem-book Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill.

Works published

• Wentworth Dillon, translator, Horace's Art of Poetry, translation from the Latin of Horace's Ars poetica, including an essay by Edmund Waller^[1]
• John Dryden and others, translators, Ovid's Epistles^[1]
• Thomas Otway, The Poet's Complaint of his Muse; or, A Satyr Against Libells^[1]
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions By the Right Honourable The E. of R—, published in London, although the book states it was published in "Antwerpen"^[2] (see "Deaths", below) The book includes "The Disappointment" by Aphra Behn.

Births

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

• September 22 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes (died 1747), German poet
• Bulleh Shah (died 1757), Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist and philosopher

Deaths

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

• July 26 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (born 1647), English poet, courtier and rake (see "Works", above)
• August 25 – Symeon of Polotsk (born 1629), Belarusian-Russian Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman and enlightener
• September 25 – Samuel Butler (born 1612), English satirical poet
• October 15 – Bedřich Bridel (born 1619), Czech Baroque writer, poet and missionary
• November – Carr Scrope (born 1649), English versifier and courtier
• Approximate date
  • Alaol (born 1607), Bengali poet
  • François Colletet (born 1628), French poet
  • Karacaoğlan (born c.1606), Turkish folk poet and ashik

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
2. Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived 2009-05-02.