1700 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

• Sir Richard Blackmore — A Satyr Against Wit, published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden^[1]
• Samuel Cobb — Poetae Britannici his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime"

John Dryden died this year

• Daniel Defoe — The Pacificator, published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"^[1]
• John Dryden — Fables, Ancient and Modern, the poet's final anthology
• William King — The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies, published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane, editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society^[1]
• John Pomfret — Reason^[1]
• Nahum Tate — Panacea, a poem upon tea^[1]
• John Tutchin — The Foreigners, published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701^[1]
• Edward Ward — The Reformer, published anonymously^[1]
• Thomas Yalden — The Temple of Fame
• Anonymous — Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija, Gozo

Births

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

• February 2 – Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766), German
• January 14 – Christian Friedrich Henrici (died 1764), German
• May 26 – Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (died 1760), German
• September 11 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (died 1748)
• September 30 – Stanisław Konarski. actual name: Hieronim Konarski (died 1773), Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist monk and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment

• Also:
  • Phanuel Bacon (born this year^[1] or in 1699; died 1783) English playwright, poet and author
  • John Dyer (born in either 1699 or 1700), Anglo-Welsh poet (died 1757)
  • David French (poet) (died 1742), English Colonial American^[2]
  • year uncertain – Richard Lewis (poet) (died 1734), English Colonial American^[2]
  • Matthew Pilkington, year uncertain (died. 1774), English poet^[1]

Deaths

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

• May 12 – John Dryden, English poet (born 1631)
• July 19 – Thomas Creech (born 1659), English translator of classical poetry, found dead this day from suicide
• Also:
  • Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (born 1643), Guatemalan historian and poet
  • Bahinabai (born 1628), Varkari female poet-saint from Maharashtra
  • Edward Howard died about this year (born 1624), playwright and poet, brother of Sir Robert Howard^[1]
  • Jamie Macpherson (born 1675), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament

See also

• Poetry
• List of years in poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• 18th century in poetry
• 18th century in literature

Notes