1686 in poetry
This article covers 1686 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Sarah Fyge Egerton, The Female Advocate, published anonymously in reply to Robert Gould's Love Given O're 1682
- Thomas Flatman, A Song for St Caecilia's Day
- Anne Killigrew, Poems by Mrs Anne Killigrew
- Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler, Jungferlicher Zeitvertreiber
- Matsuo Bashō publishes one of his best-remembered haiku:
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet
- Andrew Michael Ramsay, Scottish-born writer and poet who lived most of his adult life in France
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Shimonokōbe Chōryū, Japanese poet-scholar