1698 in poetry

This article covers 1698 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

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, Italian poet and opera librettist
January 10? - Richard Savage, English poet
March 22 - John Ellis, English scrivener and poet
May 8 - Henry Baker, English naturalist, poet and sign-language developer
July 19 - Johann Jakob Bodmer, German-language Swiss, author, critic, academic and poet
Approximate date - Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Scottish Gaelic poet

Deaths

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January - Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, Irish language poet
February 28 - Nicolò Minato, Italian poet, librettist and impresario
September 3 - Sir Robert Howard, English playwright, poet and brother-in-law of John Dryden