1690 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 1687 1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693
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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

• Thomas Brown, The Late Converts Exposed, published anonymously (see The Reasons of Mr Bays Changing his Religion 1688)^[1]
• Thomas D'Urfey:
  • Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster^[1]
  • New Poems^[1]
• John Glanvill, Some Odes of Horace Imitated with Relation to his Majesty and the Times^[1]
• Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, An Epistle to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, published anonymously, on William II of England's victories in Ireland^[1]
• Edmund Waller, The Maid's Tragedy Altered, a fragment, possibly intended by Waller to turn Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maides Tragedy [1619] into a comedy; with other poems^[1]
• Edward Ward, The School of Politicks; or, The Humours of a Coffee-House, anonymous^[1]

Births

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

• January 1 – Christian Falster (died 1752), Dutch poet and philologist
• 1689/90 – Susanna Highmore (died 1750), English poet

Deaths

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

• Peter Folger (born 1617), English-born American poet and maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin
• Keshav Pandit (born unknown), Shivaji's religious chief, Sanskrit scholar and poet
• Franciscus Plante (born 1613), Dutch poet and chaplain
• Wang Wu (born 1632), Chinese painter and poet

See also

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

Notes

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