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Events


John Dryden becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Sir William Davenant. Dryden held the office until 1688 when, after James II of England was deposed, the poet refused to swear allegiance to the new monarchs and was replaced by Thomas Shadwell. Dryden was the only laureate not to die in office until Andrew Motion in 1999. Shadwell held the office until his death in 1692.)




Works published


Sir John Denham, Poems and Translations: With The Sophy, the first collected edition of Denham's poems
John Dryden, Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy, criticism
Richard Flecknoe, Sir William D'Avenant's Voyage to the Other World: with his Adventures in the Poets Elizium: A poetical fiction, published anonymously
Sir Robert Howard, The Duell of the Staggs
Philip Pain, Daily Meditations, English Colonial American
Georg Stiernhielm – Musæ Suethizantes




Births


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

January 5 (bapt.) – Alicia D'Anvers, born Alicia Clarke (died 1725), English
February 19 – John Reynolds (died 1727), English Presbyterian minister and religious writer
December 20 (bapt.) – Sarah Fyge Egerton (died 1723), English poet




Deaths


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

February 2 – Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (born 1616), Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor and poet
February 23 – Owen Feltham (born 1602), English essayist and poet
April 7 – Sir William Davenant (born 1606), English playwright and poet
August 9 – Jakob Balde (born 1604), German scholar, poet and teacher
Arnauld de Oihenart (born 1592), Basque historian and poet




See also



Poetry
17th century in poetry
17th century in literature
Restoration literature




Notes

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• John Dryden
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• Jean de La Fontaine
• Inggris
• Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 1668 in poetry
• 1668
• List of years in poetry
• 1668 in literature
• Passions Between Women
• John Dryden
• Essay of Dramatick Poesie
• Mac Flecknoe
• Restoration literature
• French poetry