1676 in poetry
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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)[1]
- 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[2]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
- A New Collection of the Choicest Songs, including "While on those lovely looks I gaze," by John Wilmot, London[3]
- year uncertain â Corydon and Cloris or, The Wanton Sheepherdess, a broadside, London[3]
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[2]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- July 14 â Caspar Abel (died 1763), German theologian, historian and poet
- December 30 â John Philips (died 1709), English poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 27 â Bernardino de Rebolledo (born 1597), Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat
- May 27 â Paul Gerhardt (born 1607), German hymn writer
- July 12 â Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (born 1613), German librettist, composer, impresario and (by marriage) Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- July 27 â François Hédelin (born 1604), French abbé of Aubignac and Meymac, poet, playwright, scholar and drama theorist
- September 4 â John Ogilby (born 1600), Scottish-born translator, impresario and cartographer
- October 28 â Jean Desmarets (born 1595), French poet and playwright
- December 18 â Edward Benlowes (born 1603), English poet, patron and scholar
