Overview of the events of 1698 in poetry
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Events
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Works
- Aphra Behn – Poetical Remains
- John Hopkins
- The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin
- The Victory of Death; or the Fall of Beauty
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (died 1782), Italian poet and opera librettist
- January 10? – Richard Savage (died 1743), English poet
- March 22 – John Ellis (died 1791), English scrivener and poet
- May 8 – Henry Baker (died 1774), English naturalist, poet and sign-language developer
- July 19 – Johann Jakob Bodmer (died 1783), German-language Swiss, author, critic, academic and poet
- Approximate date – Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (died 1770), Scottish Gaelic poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- January – Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (born 1625), Irish language poet
- February 28 – Nicolò Minato (born 1627), Italian poet, librettist and impresario
- September 3 – Sir Robert Howard (born 1626), English playwright, poet and brother-in-law of John Dryden
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 17th century in poetry
- 17th century in literature
- Poetry
Notes
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bullen, Arthur Henry (1891). "Hopkins, John (fl.1700)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- "A Timeline of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto