1696 in poetry

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## Events

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* Tuscan poet Vincenzo da Filicaja becomes governor of Volterra.

## Works

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* Aphra Behn \- The Unfortunate Happy Lady
* John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems, (&c.) On Several Occasions: with Valentinian; a Tragedy, London: Printed by Jacob Tonson, posthumously published[1]

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* July 14 – William Oldys (died 1761), English antiquary, bibliographer and poet
* Matthew Green (died 1737), English writer of light verse and customs official

## Deaths

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* January 3 – Mary Mollineux (born c.1651), English poet
* August 9 – Wacław Potocki (born 1621), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet and writer
* September 8 – Henry Birkhead (born 1617), English academic, lawyer, Latin poet and founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry
* November 26 – Gregório de Matos (born 1636), Brazilian Baroque poet

## See also

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* Poetry portal

* List of years in poetry
* List of years in literature
* 17th century in poetry
* 17th century in literature
* Poetry

## Notes

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1. ^ Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. Archived August 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.

## External links

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* "A Timeline of Poetry in English" at the Representative Poetry Online website of the University of Toronto

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