1666 in poetry

• In Denmark, Anders Bording begins publishing Den Danske Meercurius ("The Danish Mercury"), a monthly newspaper in rhyme, using alexandrine verse, single-handedly published by the author from this year to 1677 ==Works published==

• George Alsop, A Character of the Province of Maryland, English Colonial American • Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter (the first 64 lines had been published anonymously on a single sheet in 1665) • George Wither, Sigh for he Pitchers ==Births==

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • November 12 – Mary Astell (died 1732), English feminist writer ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: • February 12 – Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (born 1602), English nobleman, politician, and writer • June 15 – Łukasz Opaliński (born 1612), Polish nobleman, poet, writer and political activist • June 16 – Sir Richard Fanshawe (born 1608), English diplomat, translator and poet • June 30 – Alexander Brome (born 1620), English • October – James Shirley (born 1596), English poet and playwright • November – Jeremias de Dekker (born 1610), Dutch • November 3 (bur.) – James Howell (born 1594), English pamphleteer and poet • Gysbert Japiks (born 1603), Frisian writer, poet, schoolteacher and cantor • Jean Ogier de Gombauld (born 1576), French playwright and poet ==See also==