1665 in poetry

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List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668
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Events

• Jacques Testu de Belval elected to the Académie française

Works published

Great Britain

• Charles Cotton, Scarronides; or, Virgile Travestie, published anonymously (see also Scarronides 1664, 1667)[1]
• Edward Herbert, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbury and Castle-Island[1]
• Andrew Marvell, The Character of Holland, published anonymously[1]
• John Phillips, translator, Typhon; or, The Gyants War with the Gods: A mock poem, translated from Paul Scarron[1]
• George Wither:
  • Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer[1]
  • Three Private Meditations, poetry and prose[1]

Other

• August Buchner (died 1661), Hauptwerk, Anleitung zur deutschen Poeterei ("Instructions for German poetry"), German poet and critic, published in Wittenberg
• Daniel Levi de Barrios, also known as Miguel de Barrios, Flor de Apolo, Jewish Spanish poet living in the Netherlands, published in Brussels[2]
• René Rapin, Hortorum libri IV, Paris; Latin-language poem written in France (translated into English in 1673 and 1706)

Births

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

• April 13 - Guillaume Massieu (died 1722), French churchman, translator and poet
• December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie (died 1746), Scottish songwriter
• Ebenezer Cooke (also spelled "Cook"; died 1732), English Colonial American poet[3]
• William Hamilton (died 1751), Scottish poet

Deaths

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

• March 7 - Guillaume Bautru (born 1588), French satirical poet and a founder member of the Académie française
• April 15 - Lorenzo Lippi (born 1606), Italian painter and poet
• November 17 - John Earle (born 1601), English bishop, writer and poet[1]
• Samuel Coster (born 1579), Dutch playwright and poet

See also

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

References

1. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
2. Stavans, Ilan, ed. (2003). The Scroll and the Cross: 1,000 Years of Jewish-Hispanic Literature. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9780415929301. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
3. Burt, Daniel S. (2004). The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the Colonial era to modern times. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-618-16821-7.