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

• Guru Gobind Singh becomes guru at the age of nine years

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

• February – Ignjat Đurđević (died 1737), Croatian poet and translator
• February 26 (bapt.) – Abel Evans (died 1737), English clergyman, academic and poet
• August 31 – Elizabeth Thomas (died 1731), English poet
• September 2 – William Somervile (died 1742), English poet
• October 17 (bapt.) – Samuel Cobb (died 1716), English poet
• Also:
  • Cille Gad (died 1711), Norwegian female poet and academic
  • Jamie Macpherson (died 1700), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament
  • Vakhtang VI of Kartli (died 1737), Kartli statesman, legislator, scholar, critic, translator and poet

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

• April 24 – Pierre Perrin (born 1620), French poet and libretto composer
• September 12 – Girolamo Graziani (born 1604), Italian poet
• November 14 – Johannes Khuen (born 1606), Bavarian German priest, poet and composer
• Also – Emanuele Tesauro (born 1592), Italian rhetorician, dramatist, Marinist poet and historian
• Approximate date – William Mercer (born 1605), Scottish poet and army officer

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