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The year 1603 in literature involved some significant events.
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Events
- Ben Jonson and Thomas Dekker collaborate on a pageant to welcome the new king James I of England.
- Thomas Middleton gets married.
- Chronicler Richard Baker, is knighted by James I.
- Henry Chettle receives his last payment from Philip Henslowe.
- Foundation of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome.
- Jacobus Arminius becomes professor of theology at Leiden.
- By one account, As You Like It is performed at Wilton House on December 2.
New books
- Johann Bayer - Uranometria
- John Davies of Hereford - Microcosmos
- Thomas Dekker - The Wonderful Year
- Thomas Dekker & Thomas Middleton - News from Gravesend
- John Florio - translation into English of Michel de Montaigne's Essais
New drama
- Anonymous - Philotus
- Thomas Heywood - A Woman Killed with Kindness
- Ben Jonson - Sejanus: His Fall, and The Entertainment at Althorp
- William Shakespeare - Hamlet published (first quarto, the "bad quarto")
Poetry
- Juan de la Cueva - La Conquista de Betica
Births
- July 12 - Edward Benlowes, poet (died 1676)
- December 21 - Roger Williams, theologian (died 1684)
- date unknown
- Gabriel Bocángel, dramatist (died 1658)
- Johannes Cocceius, theologian (died 1669)
- Valentin Conrart, memoirist (died 1675)
- Gysbert Japiks, Frisian poet (died 1666)
- Shackerley Marmion, dramatist (died 1639)
- Adam Olearius, scholar and librarian (died 1671)
- George Abbot, "the Puritan" (died 1648)
Deaths
- February 19 - Juan Azor, philosopher (born 1535)
- April 25 - Gregory of Valencia, Humanist philosopher (born 1550)
- June 27 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, political and historical writer (born 1539)
- November 30 - William Gilbert, natural philosopher (born 1544)
- date unknown - Pierre Charron, philosopher (born 1541)
