1689 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
	... 1679 . 1680 . 1681 . 1682 . 1683 . 1684 . 1685 ...; 1686 1687 1688 -1689- 1690 1691 1692; ... 1693 . 1694 . 1695 . 1696 . 1697 . 1698 . 1699 ... In literature: 1686 1687 1688 -1689- 1690 1691 1692
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events[]

Thomas Shadwell appointed poet laureate
Matsuo Bashō visits Kisakata, Akita, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands

Aphra Behn, The History of the Nun; or, The Fair Vow-Breaker, Behn died on April 16 of this year^[1]
Charles Cotton, Poems on Several Occasions^[1]
Robert Gould, Poems^[1]
Nathaniel Lee, On the Death of Mrs Behn, Aphra Behn died on April 16 of this year^[1]

Michael Wigglesworth, Riddles Unriddled; or, Christian Paradoxes, a poem published in the 14th edition of Meat Out of the Eater, English Colonial America^[2]

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

Shah Abdul Latif Bhita'i (died 1752), Sufi scholar and saint, poet of the Sindhi language
William Broome (died 1745), English poet and translator
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (died 1762), English aristocrat and writer

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

April 16 – Aphra Behn (born 1640), English playwright and poet; a woman^[1]
August 21 – William Cleland (born 1661), Scottish poet and soldier
October 4 – Quirinus Kuhlmann (born 1651), German Baroque poet and mystic
December 13 – Zbigniew Morsztyn (born 1628), Polish poet
date unknown – Marusia Churai (born 1626), semi-mythical Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet, and singer
date unknown – Khushal Khan Khattak (born 1613), Pashtun warrior, poet and tribal chief
date unknown – Gwilym Puw (born 1626), Welsh Catholic poet and Royalist officer

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
↑ Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983, 1986, New York: Oxford University Press

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