Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). April – English poet Ben Jonson visits Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden. c. October – Following the death of Samuel Daniel, Ben Jonson becomes Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of England (on Johnson's death in 1637 he is succeeded by William Davenant). Martin Opitz becomes the leader of the school of young poets in Heidelberg.