Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
George Chapman, translator, The Georgicks of Hesiod, from the Greek of Hesiod's Works and Days
Sir John Harington, The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams of Sir John Harrington (see also Epigrams Both Pleasant and Serious 1615)
John Taylor, The Pennylesse Pilgrimage
Jacob Cats, Emblemata or Minnebeelden with Maegdenplicht, Netherlands
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Rimas, lyrics, including translations of Horace, Martial and Ausonius, with a controversial preface which attracted much attention because of its strong opposition to the culteranismo of Luis de Góngora; Spain
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Late – Abraham Cowley (died 1667), English
Wu Jiaji (died 1684), Chinese
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
April 19 – Thomas Bastard (born 1566), English poet and clergyman
July – John Davies of Hereford (born 1565), Anglo-Welsh poet
August 23 – Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (born 1585), Dutch poet and playwright
September 28 – Josuah Sylvester (born 1563), English poet
October 29 – Sir Walter Ralegh (born c. 1554), English adventurer and author, executed
December 6 – Jacques Davy Duperron (born 1556), French cardinal, politician and poet
Also:
Richard Stanihurst, also spelled "Stanyhurst" (born 1547), Irish translator, poet, historian and alchemist
Probable year – Bento Teixeira (born c. 1561), Portuguese poet
