1665 in poetry

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

Events

 * Jacques Testu de Belval elected to the Académie française

Great Britain

 * Charles Cotton, Scarronides; or, Virgile Travestie, published anonymously (see also Scarronides 1664, 1667)
 * Edward Herbert, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert, Baron of Cherbury and Castle-Island
 * Andrew Marvell, The Character of Holland, published anonymously
 * John Phillips, translator, Typhon; or, The Gyants War with the Gods: A mock poem, translated from Paul Scarron
 * George Wither:
 * Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer
 * Three Private Meditations, poetry and prose

Other

 * August Buchner (died 1661), Hauptwerk, Anleitung zur deutschen Poeterei ("Instructions for German poetry"), German poet and critic, published in Wittenberg
 * Daniel Levi de Barrios, also known as Miguel de Barrios, Flor de Apolo, Jewish Spanish poet living in the Netherlands, published in Brussels
 * René Rapin, Hortorum libri IV, Paris; Latin-language poem written in France (translated into English in 1673 and 1706)

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * April 13 - Guillaume Massieu (died 1722), French churchman, translator and poet
 * December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie (died 1746), Scottish songwriter
 * Ebenezer Cooke (also spelled "Cook"; died 1732), English Colonial American poet
 * William Hamilton (died 1751), Scottish poet

Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * March 7 - Guillaume Bautru (born 1588), French satirical poet and a founder member of the Académie française
 * April 15 - Lorenzo Lippi (born 1606), Italian painter and poet
 * November 17 - John Earle (born 1601), English bishop, writer and poet
 * Samuel Coster (born 1579), Dutch playwright and poet