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Events
- The first complete edition of The Faerie Queene in six books is published.
- James Burbage buys the disused Blackfriars Theatre from Sir William More for £600; yet he is prevented from using it for theatrical productions by the opposition of wealthy and influential neighbors.
- Lord Hunsdon dies on June 22; his place as Lord Chamberlain is taken by William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham. Unlike his predecessor, Lord Cobham is sympatheic to the Puritans and hostile to the actors of English Renaissance theatre. With Cobham's allowance, the Lord Mayor of the City of London bans players from the city and tears down the inn-theatres, the Bel Savage Inn, the Cross Keys Inn, and others. Fortunately for English literature, Cobham's service in the office is brief: he dies the next year, 1597.
New books
- Thomas Harriot - Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
- Johannes Kepler - Mysterium Cosmographicum
- Thomas Nashe - Have With You to Saffron Walden
- Sir Philip Sidney - An Apologie for Poetrie (published posthumously)
New drama
- Anonymous - Captain Thomas Stukeley
- Anonymous - Edward III published
- George Chapman - The Blind Beggar of Alexandria
- William Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part 1
Poetry
- Thomas Campion - Poemata
- Bartholomew Griffin - Fidessa
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo - Romances
- Edmund Spenser - Colin Clouts Come Home Againe
Births
- March 31 - René Descartes, French philosopher (died 1650)
- August 18 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)
- September - James Shirley, English dramatist (died 1666)
- September 4 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (died 1687)
- date unknown
- Moses Amyraut, French Protestant theologian (died 1664)
- Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (died 1661)
Deaths
- February 17 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (born 1536)
- August - Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William (born 1585)
- October 3 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)
- November 1 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (born 1539)
- date unknown
- Thoinot Arbeau, French priest and writer (born 1519)
- George Peele, dramatist (born 1556)
- Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer, diplomat, scientist, and author (born 1523)
- Henry Willobie, English poet (born 1575)
