1669_in_poetry
1669 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1669 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
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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
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 3 – Kada no Azumamaro (died 1736), Japanese early Edo period poet and philologist
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
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6