1700 in poetry
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Works published
- Sir Richard Blackmore â A Satyr Against Wit, published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden[1]
- Samuel Cobb â 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"

- Daniel Defoe â The Pacificator, published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"[1]
- John Dryden â Fables, Ancient and Modern, the poet's final anthology
- William King â 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 â Reason[1]
- Nahum Tate â Panacea, a poem upon tea[1]
- John Tutchin â The Foreigners, published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701[1]
- Edward Ward â The Reformer, published anonymously[1]
- Samuel Wesley â An Epistle to a Friend concerning Poetry
- Thomas Yalden â The Temple of Fame
- Anonymous â Jaħasra Mingħajr Ħtija, Gozo
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 2 â Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766), German poet
- January 14 â Christian Friedrich Henrici (died 1764), German poet
- May 26 â Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (died 1760), German poet
- September 11 â James Thomson (died 1748), Scottish poet
- September 30 â StanisÅaw Konarski, born Hieronim Konarski (died 1773), Polish pedagogue, educational reformer, political writer, poet, dramatist, Piarist friar and precursor of the Polish Enlightenment
- October 13 â Phanuel Bacon (died 1783) English playwright, poet and author[1]
- Also â David French (died 1742), English Colonial American poet[2]
- Year uncertain â Richard Lewis (died 1734), English Colonial American poet[2]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 14 â Henry Killigrew (born 1613), English clergyman, poet and playwright
- May 12 â John Dryden (born 1631), English poet, former Poet Laureate
- July 19 â Thomas Creech (born 1659), English translator of classical poetry, found dead this day from suicide
- November 16 â Jamie Macpherson (born 1675), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament, hanged
- Also:
- Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (born 1643), Guatemalan historian and poet
- Bahinabai (born 1628), Maharashtran Varkari female poet-saint
- Edward Howard died about this year (born 1624), English playwright and poet, brother of Sir Robert Howard[1]