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

• Robert Davenport, A Crowne for a Conquerour; and Too Late to Call Backe Yesterday^[1]
• Henry Glapthorne, Poems^[1]

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

• March 5 (bapt.) – Charles Sedley (died 1701), English wit, dramatist, poet and statesman^[1]
• Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu (died 1720), French poet and wit

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

• May 21 – Tommaso Campanella (born 1568), Italian philosopher and poet
• August 20 – Martin Opitz (born 1597), German
• October – Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (born 1585), English poet, translator and dramatist
• December – Sir Henry Wotton (born 1568), English diplomat, author and poet
• Possible date – John Ford (born 1586), English playwright and poet

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature