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Events edit
- After August 16 – Sir William Davenant becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Ben Jonson (on the death of Davenant in 1668, he is succeeded by John Dryden)
Works published edit
- Sir William Alexander, Recreations with the Muses, contains Four Monarchicke Tragedies, Doomesday, A Paraenesis to Prince Henry (all previously published), and Jonathan: An heroicke poem[1]
- Arthur Johnston, Scottish poet writing in Latin
- Psalmorum Davidis paraphrasis poetica et canticorum evangelicorum, translation of the Psalms
- Deliciae poetarum Scotorum huius aevi illustrium, edited anthology
- Thomas Jordan, Poeticall Varieties; or, Varietie of Fancies[1] including "Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant" ("Let us drink and be merry")
- Ralph Knevet, Funerall Elegies, elegies on Lady Katherine Paston[1]
- Shackerley Marmion, The Legend of Cupid and Psyche[1]
- Nathaniel Whiting, Le hore di recreatione; or, The Pleasant Historie of Albino and Bellama[1]
Births edit
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- August 16 – Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (died 1706), German countess and hymn writer
Deaths edit
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Before July – Henry Adamson (born 1581), Scottish poet and historian
- February 3 – Gervase Markham (born 1568), English poet and writer
- May 29 – Jiří Třanovský, also known as "Juraj Tranovský" or "Georgius Tranoscius" (Latinized) (born 1592), Czech and Slovak hymnwriter, sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs"
- July 26 – Philippe Habert (born 1604), French poet
- August 10 – Edward King (born 1612), Irish poet writing in Latin in England; a friend of John Milton who writes "Lycidas" in his memory (contributed to Justa Edouardo King Naufrago, 1638); drowned in shipwreck in the Irish Sea
- c. August 16 – Ben Jonson (born 1572), English playwright and poet
- Johannes Narssius (born 1580), Dutch-born New Latin poet and physician
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.