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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
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French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Great BritainEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- Sir William AlexanderWilliam AlexanderWilliam Alexander , who claimed the disputed title of Earl of Stirling, was an American major-general during the American Revolutionary War.-Life:...
:- Aurora
- A Paraenesis to the Prince (to Henry, Prince of Wales)
- Thomas BatesonThomas BatesonThomas Bateson, Batson or Betson was an English writer of madrigals in the early 17th century.He is said to have been organist of Chester Cathedral in 1599, and is believed to have been the first musical graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He served as Vicar Choral and organist of Christ Church...
, CantusCantusA cantus , is an activity organised by Belgian, Dutch, French, Baltic and Afrikaans student organisations and fraternities. A cantus mainly involves singing traditional songs and drinking beer. It is governed by strict traditional rules...
(the first English madrigalMadrigal (music)A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s) - Nicholas BretonNicholas BretonNicholas Breton , English poet and novelist, belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex.-Life:...
, The Passionate Shepheard; or, The Shepheardes Love, written under the pen namePen nameA pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
"Bonerto" - Thomas ChurchyardThomas ChurchyardThomas Churchyard , English author, was born at Shrewsbury, the son of a farmer.-Life:Churchyard received a good education, and, having speedily dissipated at court the money with which his father provided him, he entered the household of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey...
, Churchyards Good Will, on the death of John WhitgiftJohn WhitgiftJohn Whitgift was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horsemen...
, Archbishop of Canterbury - John CookeJohn CookeJohn Cooke may refer to:*John Cooke , Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University*John Cooke *John Cooke , English cricketer...
, Epigrames - Thomas Dekker, Newes from Graves-end: Sent to Nobody, published anonymously
- Michael DraytonMichael DraytonMichael Drayton was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era.-Early life:He was born at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Almost nothing is known about his early life, beyond the fact that in 1580 he was in the service of Thomas Goodere of Collingham,...
:- Moyses in a Map of his Miracles
- The Owle
- A Paean Triumphall
- Samuel RowlandsSamuel RowlandsSamuel Rowlands , English author of pamphlets in prose and verse, which reflect the follies and humours of the lower middle-class life of his time, seems to have had no contemporary literary reputation; but his work throws considerable light on the development of popular literature and social life...
, Looke to it: for, Ile Stabbe Ye - Anthony Skoloker, Daiphantus, or the Passions of Love
Other
- Bernardo de BalbuenaBernardo de BalbuenaBernardo de Balbuena was a Spanish poet. He was the first of a long series of Latin American poets who extolled the special beauties of the New World.- Life :...
, La Grandeza Mexicana ("Mexico's Grandeur"), SpanishSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
poet and churchman at this time in Mexico - Jean Vauquelin de La FresnayeJean Vauquelin de la FresnayeJean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye was a French poet born at the château of La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage in Normandy in 1536....
, Discours pour servir de Préface sur le Sujet de la Satyre ("Discourse Serving as a Preface on the Subject of Satire") published from this year through 16051605 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Nicholas Breton:** The Honour of Valour** The Soules Immortall Crowne...
Births
- January 4 – Jakob BaldeJakob BaldeJakob Balde , a German Latinist, was born at Ensisheim in Alsace.Driven from Alsace by the marauding bands of Count Mansfeld, he fled to Ingolstadt where he began to study law. A love disappointment, however, turned his thoughts to the church, and in 1624 he entered the Society of Jesus...
(died 16681668 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* John Dryden becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Sir William Davenant. Dryden held the office until 1688 when, after James II of England was deposed, the poet refused to swear allegiance...
), German scholar, poet, and teacher - July 8 – Heinrich AlbertHeinrich Albert (composer)Heinrich Albert, also Heinrich Alberti, was a German composer and poet of the 17th century. He was member of the Königsberg Poetic Society . As a song composer, he was strongly influenced by Heinrich Schütz.- Biography :Heinrich Albert was born in Lobenstein, principality of Reuss...
(died 16511651 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Anonymous, A Hermeticall Banquet, published this year, although the book states "1652"; some attribute the book to James Howell, others to Thomas Vaughan* William Bosworth, The shaft and Lost...
), German composer and poet - August 4 – François Hédelin (died 16761676 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Thomas Hobbes, translator, Homer's Iliads in English: To which may be added Homer's Odysses * Benjamin Tompson, New Englands Crisis...
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
abbéAbbéAbbé is the French word for abbot. It is the title for lower-ranking Catholic clergymen in France....
of Aubignac and Meymac, poet and playeright - October 16 – Assoucy (died 16771677 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* In Denmark, Anders Bording ceases publication of Den Danske Meercurius , a monthly newspaper in rhyme, using alexandrine verse, single-handedly published by the author; founded in 1666-Works...
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
musician and burlesque poet - Also:
- Charles CotinCharles CotinCharles Cotin or Abbé Cotin was a French abbé, philosopher and poet. He was made a member of the Académie française on 7 January 1655....
(died 16811681 in poetry— First lines from Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:...
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
abbéAbbéAbbé is the French word for abbot. It is the title for lower-ranking Catholic clergymen in France....
, philosopher and poet - Girolamo GrazianiGirolamo GrazianiGirolamo Graziani , was an Italian poet.Girolamo Graziani has been one of the most famous poet of 17th century. But his fame didn't survive him. During his life he was appreciated mainly for his epic poems La Cleopatra and il Conquisto di Granata .The latter has been the source for Giacomo...
(died 16751675 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English:* Charles Cotton:** Burlesque upon Burlesque; or, The Scoffer Scoft, published anonymously...
), Italian - Philippe HabertPhilippe Habert (1605-1637)Philippe Habert was a French poet. Brother to Germain Habert and cousin of Henri Louis Habert de Montmor, he was a friend of Conrart. Philippe was also one of the first members of the Académie française, and contributed to editing its statutes...
(died 16371637 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Sir William Davenant becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Ben Jonson -Works published:* Sir William Alexander, Recreations with the Muses, contains Four Monarchicke Tragedies,...
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
poet - Jasper MayneJasper MayneJasper Mayne was an English clergyman, translator, and a minor poet and dramatist.Mayne was baptized at Hatherleigh, Devon, on 23 November 1604, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford...
(died 16721672 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Le Mercure galant was founded in France by Donneau de Visé...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
clergyman, translator, minor poet and dramatist - Cheng ZhengkuiCheng ZhengkuiChéng Zhèngkuí ; ca. 1604-1670 was a Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty ....
(died 16701670 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Other:* Sir Richard Fanshawe, translated, Querer por solo querer: To love ony for love sake, translated from Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza...
), Chinese landscape painter and poet
- Charles Cotin
Deaths
- June 24 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (born 15501550 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Charles Bansley, The Pride of Women* Robert Crowley, One and Thyrtye Epigrammes...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
courtier, playwright, poet, sportsman, patron of numerous writers, and sponsor of at least two acting companies - October 8 – Janus DousaJanus DousaJanus Dousa [Jan van der Does] lord of Noordwyck , Dutch statesman, historian, poet and philologist, the first Librarian of Leiden University Library and the defender of Leiden,-Biography:...
(born 15451545 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French poet Louise Labé hosts a literary salon in Lyon, participants include Jean de Vauzelles, William and Maurice Scève, Pernette du Guillet, Lyonnais writers and intellectuals including Claude de...
), Dutch statesman, historian, poet and philologist - Also:
- Thomas StorerThomas StorerThomas Storer was an English poet.Storer was born in London, England around 1571, and in 1587, enrolled into Christ Church, Oxford where he would attain his degree of M.A. in 1594. Toward the latter end of that year, Storer wrote the Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey — a piece which illustrated...
(born c. 15711571 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* John Barbour, publication year conjectural, The Bruce, written 1376, posthumously published...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is... - Thomas ChurchyardThomas ChurchyardThomas Churchyard , English author, was born at Shrewsbury, the son of a farmer.-Life:Churchyard received a good education, and, having speedily dissipated at court the money with which his father provided him, he entered the household of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey...
(born c. 15201520 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Anonymous, publication year conjectural, Alexander the Great...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
poet and author - Ma Xianglan (born 15481548 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Sir David Lindsay , , publication year uncertain* Luke Shepherd:** Antipus...
), ChineseChinese poetryChinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, which includes various versions of Chinese language, including Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Yue Chinese, as well as many other historical and vernacular varieties of the Chinese language...
artist, playwright, poet and calligrapher; a woman
- Thomas Storer