Overview of the events of 1698 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1698 in poetry
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Births
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- January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (died 1782), Italian poet and opera librettist
- January 10? – Richard Savage (died 1743), English poet
- March 22 – John Ellis (died 1791), English scrivener and poet
- May 8 – Henry Baker (died 1774), English naturalist, poet and sign-language developer
- July 19 – Johann Jakob Bodmer (died 1783), German-language Swiss, author, critic, academic and poet
- Approximate date – Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (died 1770), Scottish Gaelic poet
Deaths
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