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

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

• February 10 – Aaron Hill (died 1750), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer
• June 30 – John Gay (died 1732), English poet and dramatist
• December 17 – Thomas Tickell (died 1740), English poet and man of letters
• Mary Barber (died 1755), English poet and member of Jonathan Swift's circle
• Jane Brereton (died 1740), English poet notable as a correspondent to The Gentleman's Magazine
• William Diaper (died 1717), English poet of the Augustan era
• William Harrison (died 1713), English poet and diplomat

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

• January 18 – Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (born 1633), Anglo-Irish poet
• June 16 – Anne Killigrew (born 1660), English poet and painter
• July 1 – Nalan Xingde (born 1655), Chinese Qing dynasty poet most famous for his ci poetry
• October 12 – Gerard Brandt (born 1626), Dutch preacher, playwright, poet, church historian, biographer and naval historian
• Francesc Fontanella (born 1622), Catalan poet, dramatist and priest

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