1706 in poetry
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Events
- May 23 - The Battle of Ramillies, a victory for the British and their allies under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, inspires several poets.
Works published
- Joseph Addison, The Campaign, on the victory at Blenheim
- Daniel Baker, The History of Job
- Sir Richard Blackmore, Advice to the Poets, published anonymously
- Stephen Clay, An Epistle from the Elector of Bavaria to the French King: After the Battel of Ramilles, published anonymously; has been misattributed to Matthew Prior
- William Congreve:
- * A Pindarique Ode... On the Victorious Progress of Her Magesties Arms, Under the Conduct of the Duke of Marlborough
- * Discourse on the Pindarique Ode, in which the author criticized Abraham Cowley's views
- Daniel Defoe:
- * Caledonia
- * Jure Divino, about the divine-right theory of monarchy
- John Dennis, The Battle of Ramilla; or, the Power of Union
- William Harison, Woodstock Park, London : printed for Jacob Tonson
- Nicholas Noyes, "On Cotton Mather's Endeavors Toward the Christian Education of Negro Slaves", English Colonial America
- John Philips:
- * Blenheim
- * Cerealia: An imitation of Milton, published anonymously, also attributed to Elijah Fenton
- Thomas Tickell, Oxford, published anonymously, published this year, although the book states "1707"
- James Watson, editor, A Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems both ancient and modern, by several hands, Edinburgh
- Isaac Watts - ''Horae Lyricae''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Joseph Green (died 1780, English Colonial American clergyman and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 29 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier
- June - Jacques Testu de Belval, French ecclesiastic and poet
- November 15 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama, deposed Buddhist religious leader and Tibetan poet
- December 3 - Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer
- Also:
- * Luo Mu, Chinese painter, poet and prose writer
- * John Phillips, poet and satirist, brother of Edward Phillips, nephew of John Milton
- * Rahman Baba, Indian Pashto poet
- * Susanna Elizabeth Zeidler, German