1700 in poetry
This article covers 1700 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Sir Richard Blackmore — A Satyr Against Wit, published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden
- Samuel Cobb — Poetae Britannici his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime"
- Daniel Defoe — The Pacificator, published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"
- John Dryden — Fables, Ancient and Modern, the poet's final anthology
- William King — The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies, published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane, editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
- John Pomfret — Reason
- Nahum Tate — Panacea, a poem upon tea
- John Tutchin — The Foreigners, published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701
- Edward Ward — The Reformer, published anonymously
- Samuel Wesley — An Epistle to a Friend concerning Poetry
- Thomas Yalden — The Temple of Fame
- Anonymous — Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija, Gozo
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 2 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German poet
- January 14 - Christian Friedrich Henrici, German poet
- May 26 - Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, German poet
- September 11 - James Thomson, Scottish poet
- September 30 - Stanisław Konarski, born Hieronim Konarski, Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist friar and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment
- October 13 - Phanuel Bacon English playwright, poet and author
- Also - David French, English Colonial American poet
- Year uncertain - Richard Lewis, English Colonial American poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 14 - Henry Killigrew, English clergyman, poet and playwright
- May 12 - John Dryden, English poet, former Poet Laureate
- July 19 - Thomas Creech, English translator of classical poetry, found dead this day from suicide
- November 16 - Jamie Macpherson, Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament, hanged
- Also:
- * Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán, Guatemalan historian and poet
- * Bahinabai, Maharashtran Varkari female poet-saint
- * Edward Howard died about this year, English playwright and poet, brother of Sir Robert Howard