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Events
- The Children of Paul's perform twice at the English royal court during the first two weeks of January.
New books
- "Jane Anger" (pseudonum) - Protection for Women
- Giovanni Botero - Della ragione di Stato (The Reason of State)
- Robert Greene - Menaphon
- John Lyly (attr.) - Pappe with an Hatchet
New drama
- Girolamo Bargagli - La Pellegrina (The Pilgrim Woman)
- The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune (anonymous) (publication date)
Poetry
Births
- date unknown
- Heinrich Petraeus, physician and writer (d. 1620)
- Antonio de León Pinelo, historian (d. c. 1675)
Deaths
- March 23 - Marcin Kromer, Polish historian (b. 1512)
- September 16 - Michael Baius, Belgian theologian (b. 1513)
- September 19 - Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (b. 1532)
- October 12 - Samuel de Medina, Talmudist and author (b. 1505)
- October 15 - Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher (b. 1532)
- date unknown - Jurij Dalmatin, Slovenian writer and translator (b. c. 1547)
