1700 in poetry

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

England

 * Sir Richard Blackmore, A Satyr Against Wit, published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden
 * Samuel Cobb &mdash; 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, The Pacificator, published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit"
 * John Dryden &mdash; Fables, Ancient and Modern (Dryden's final anthology)
 * William King, The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies, published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane, editor of the Transactions of the Royal Society
 * John Pomfret, Reason
 * Nahum Tate &mdash; Panacea, a poem upon tea
 * John Tutchin, The Foreigners, published anonymously; provoked a reply from Daniel Defoe in The True-Born Englishman in 1701
 * Edward Ward, The Reformer, published anonymously
 * Thomas Yalden &mdash; The Temple of Fame

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 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
 * year uncertain – Richard Lewis (poet) (died 1734), English Colonial American
 * Matthew Pilkington, year uncertain (died. 1774), English poet

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
 * Jamie Macpherson (born 1675), Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament