1671 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
... 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 ... 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 ... 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 ...
In literature 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie française^[1]

Works published

• Anonymous, Westminster-Drollery; or, A Choice Collection of the Newest Songs & Poems Both at Court & Theaters (second part published in 1672)^[2]
• John Milton, Paradise Regain'd: A poem [...] To which is added Samson Agonistes, published in May (Samson Agonistes published separately in 1681)^[2]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• April 6 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (died 1741), French poet and epigrammatist
• September 7 – Antoine Danchet (died 1748), French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet
• November 6 – Colley Cibber (died 1757), English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• April 30 – Fran Krsto Frankopan (born 1643), Croatian poet and politician (executed)
• September 28 – Jean de Montigny (born 1636), French philosophic writer and poet
• Pierre Le Moyne (born 1602), French Jesuit poet
• Sokuhi Nyoitsu (born 1616), Chinese Buddhist monk, poet and calligrapher
• Yun Seon-do (born 1587), Korean poet and government official

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Restoration literature

Notes

1. France, Peter, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, p 234, New York: Oxford University Press (1995) ISBN 0-19-866125-8
2. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6