1690 in poetry
This article covers 1690 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Thomas Brown, The Late Converts Exposed, published anonymously
- Thomas D'Urfey:
- * Collin's Walk Through London and Westminster
- * New Poems
- John Glanvill, Some Odes of Horace Imitated with Relation to his Majesty and the Times
- Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, An Epistle to the Right Honourable Charles Earl of Dorset and Middlesex, published anonymously, on William II of England's victories in Ireland
- Edmund Waller, The Maid's Tragedy Altered, a fragment, possibly intended by Waller to turn Beaumont and Fletcher's The Maides Tragedy into a comedy; with other poems
- Edward Ward, The School of Politicks; or, The Humours of a Coffee-House, anonymous
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 1 - Christian Falster, Dutch poet and philologist
- 1689/90 – Susanna Highmore, English poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Peter Folger, English-born American poet and maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin
- Keshav Pandit, Shivaji's religious chief, Sanskrit scholar and poet
- Franciscus Plante, Dutch poet and chaplain
- Wang Wu, Chinese painter and poet