| content |
| List of years in literature (Table) |
|---|
| … 1585 • 1586 • 1587 • 1588 • 1589 • 1590 • 1591 • 1592 • 1593 • 1594 – 1595 – 1596 • 1597 • 1598 • 1599 • 1600 • 1601 • 1602 • 1603 • 1604 • 1605 … |
| Related time period or subjects |
| … 1592 • 1593 • 1594 – 1595 – 1596 • 1597 • 1598 … … 1560s • 1570s • 1580s – 1590s – 1600s • 1610s • 1620s … … 15th century – 16th century – 17th century … |
| Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more |
Contents |
Events
- Lope de Vega leaves the service of the Duke of Alba and returns to Madrid.
- On December 9, Shakespeare's Richard II is acted at a private performance at the Canon Row house of Sir Edward Hoby; Sir Robert Cecil attends.
New books
- Mikalojus Daukša - Kathechismas, arba Mokslas kiekvienam krikščioniui privalus
- Justus Lipsius - De militia romana
- Nicholas Remy - Daemonolatreiae libri tres
- Sir Philip Sidney - Defense of Poesy (written between 1580-1583) is published for the first time.
New drama
- Anonymous - Locrine
- Jakob Ayrer - Von der Erbauung Roms ("The Building of Rome")
- Antoine de Montchrestien - Sophonisbe
- William Shakespeare
Poetry
- Barnabe Barnes - A Divine Century of Spiritual Sonnets
- Richard Barnfield - Cynthia
- George Chapman - Ovid's Banquet of Sense
- Gervase Markham:
- The Most Honorable Tragedy of Sir Richard Grinville
- The Poem of Poems, or Syon's Muse
- Robert Southwell - Saint Peter's Complaint
Births
- March 21 - Ferdinando Ughelli, church historian (died 1670)
- December 4 - Jean Chapelain, poet (died 1674)
- date unknown
- Thomas Carew, poet (died 1640)
- Jean Desmarets, dramatist (died 1676)
- Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Jesuit writer (died 1658)
Deaths
- February 21 - Robert Southwell, poet and Catholic martyr (born about 1561)
- April 25 - Torquato Tasso, poet (born 1544)
- May 25 - Valens Acidalius, poet and critic (born 1567)
- date unknown
- Louis Carrion, humanist scholar
- Faizi, Poet Laureate of the Emperor Akbar (born 1547)
- Luis Barahona de Soto, poet
- Jean de Sponde, Huguenot poet
