1676 in poetry

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)
• 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
• John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
  • A New Collection of the Choicest Songs, including "While on those lovely looks I gaze," by John Wilmot, London
  • year uncertain – Corydon and Cloris or, The Wanton Sheepherdess, a broadside, London

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

Births

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

• July 14 – Caspar Abel (died 1763), German theologian, historian and poet
• December 30 – John Philips (died 1709), English

Deaths

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

• May 27 – Paul Gerhardt (born 1607), German hymn writer
• June 25 – François Hédelin (born 1604), French abbé of Aubignac and Meymac, poet, playwright, scholar and drama theorist
• September 4 – John Ogilby (born 1600), Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer
• October 26 – Jean Desmarets (born 1595), French poet and playwright
• December 18 – Edward Benlowes (born 1603), English

Notes

References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 0-19-860634-6
2. link. (August 8, 2010 2009-05-02.)
3. Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press