1698 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700 1701
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works

• Aphra Behn – Poetical Remains
• John Hopkins
  • The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin
  • The Victory of Death; or the Fall of Beauty

Births

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

• January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (died 1782), Italian poet and opera librettist
• January 10? – Richard Savage (died 1743), English poet
• March 22 – John Ellis (died 1791), English scrivener and poet
• May 8 – Henry Baker (died 1774), English naturalist, poet and sign-language developer
• July 19 – Johann Jakob Bodmer (died 1783), German-language Swiss, author, critic, academic and poet
• Approximate date – Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (died 1770), Scottish Gaelic poet

Deaths

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

• January – Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (born 1625), Irish language poet
• February 28 – Nicolò Minato (born 1627), Italian poet, librettist and impresario
• September 3 – Sir Robert Howard (born 1626), English playwright, poet and brother-in-law of John Dryden

See also

• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Poetry

External links

• "A Timeline of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto