1669 in poetry
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Works published
Great Britain
- Sir John Denham, Cato Major of Old Age, a verse paraphrase of Cicero's De senectute[1]
- Richard Flecknoe, Epigrams of All Sorts[1]
Other
- René Rapin, Observations sur les poèmes d'Homère et de Virgile, critical essay, Paris; France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 3 â Kada no Azumamaro (died 1736), Japanese early Edo period poet and philologist
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 19 â John Denham (born 1614 or 1615), English poet and courtier, buried in Westminster Abbey
- September 3 â Esteban Manuel de Villegas (born 1589), Spanish
- September 30 â Henry King (born 1592), English poet and bishop
- October 8 â Jane Cavendish (born 1621), English poet and playwright
