Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
John Dryden made a member of the Royal Society
Sir Aston Cokayne, Poems, second edition of Small Poems of Divers Sorts 1658
John Dryden, To My Lord Chancellor, Presented on New-Years-Day
Michael Wigglesworth, "The Day of Doom or a Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgment", a "doggerel epitome of Calvinistic theology", according to the anthology, Colonial Prose and Poetry (1903), that "attained immediately a phenomenal popularity. Eighteen hundred copies were sold within a year, and for the next century it held a secure place in [New England] Puritan households. As late as 1828 it was stated that many aged persons were still alive who could repeat it, as it had been taught them with their catechism; and the more widely one reads in the voluminous sermons of that generation, the more fair will its representation of prevailing theology in New England appear."
Jean de La Fontaine, Ode au roi ("Ode to the King"), which defends Nicolas Fouquet, France
Michel de Marolles, Traité du poème épique, France
Jacob Steendam, Praise of New Netherland, Dutch, Colonial American
Joost van den Vondel, Joannes de Boetgezant ("John the Baptist"), epic, Dutch
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
October 6 (bapt.) - William Walsh (died 1708), English poet and critic
December 17 - Samuel Wesley (died 1735), English poet and religious leader
Naitō Jōsō (died 1704), Japanese Genroku period haiku poet, a principal disciple of Bashō
John Smith (died 1717), English poet and playwright
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 28 - Pierre de Boissat (born 1603), French soldier, writer, poet and translator
March 30 - François le Métel de Boisrobert (born 1592), French
