Overview of the events of 1676 in poetry
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Events
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Works published
Great Britain
- Thomas Hobbes, translator, Homer's Iliads in English: To which may be added Homer's Odysses (Hobbes's translation of the Odyssey was published in 1675)
- Benjamin Tompson, New Englands Crisis. Or a Brief Narrative, of New-Englands Lamentable Estate at Present , reprinted for the most part in New-England's Tears for Her Present Miseries, also published this year; English Colonial America
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
- A New Collection of the Choicest Songs, including "While on those lovely looks I gaze," by John Wilmot, London
- year uncertain – Corydon and Cloris or, The Wanton Sheepherdess, a broadside, London
Other
- Isaac de Benserade, Métamorphoses d'Ovide, written in rondeaux form; received such a bad critical reception that it hurt the author's reputation, although he remained popular; France
- Peter Folger, A Looking-Glass for the Times, English Colonial America
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- July 14 – Caspar Abel (died 1763), German theologian, historian and poet
- December 30 – John Philips (died 1709), English
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:
- May 27 – Paul Gerhardt (born 1607), German hymn writer
- June 25 – François Hédelin (born 1604), French abbé of Aubignac and Meymac, poet, playwright, scholar and drama theorist
- September 4 – John Ogilby (born 1600), Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer
- October 26 – Jean Desmarets (born 1595), French poet and playwright
- December 18 – Edward Benlowes (born 1603), English
See also
Notes
- Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ^ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press
- ^ Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.