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1696 in poetry

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Events

  • Tuscan poet Vincenzo da Filicaja becomes governor of Volterra.
  • Works

  • Aphra Behn - The Unfortunate Happy Lady
  • John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, (&c.) On Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy, London: Printed by Jacob Tonson, posthumously published
  • Births

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

  • July 14 – William Oldys (died 1761), English antiquary, bibliographer and poet
  • Matthew Green (died 1737), English writer of light verse and customs official
  • Deaths

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

  • January 3 – Mary Mollineux (born c.1651), English poet
  • August 9 – Wacław Potocki (born 1621), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet and writer
  • September 8 – Henry Birkhead (born 1617), English academic, lawyer, Latin poet and founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry
  • November 26 – Gregório de Matos (born 1636), Brazilian Baroque poet
  • References

    1696 in poetry Wikipedia