1666 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- In Denmark, Anders Bording begins publishing Den Danske Meercurius, a monthly newspaper in rhyme, using alexandrine verse, single-handedly published by the author from this year to 1677
Works published
- George Alsop, A Character of the Province of Maryland, English Colonial American
- Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter
- George Wither, ''Sigh for he Pitchers''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- November 12 - Mary Astell, English feminist writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 12 - Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English nobleman, politician, and writer
- June 15 - Łukasz Opaliński, Polish nobleman, poet, writer and political activist
- June 16 - Sir Richard Fanshawe, English diplomat, translator and poet
- June 30 - Alexander Brome, English
- October - James Shirley, English poet and playwright
- November - Jeremias de Dekker, Dutch
- November 3 - James Howell, English pamphleteer and poet
- Gysbert Japiks, Frisian writer, poet, schoolteacher and cantor
- Jean Ogier de Gombauld, French playwright and poet