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1554 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1554. Events *January 25 – Missionary, writer and poet José de Anchieta is one of the founders of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. *''unknown date'' – Publication of Menno Simons' New books Prose *Matteo Bandello **''Novelle'' **''Prima Parte'' *Edmund Bonner – ''Profitable and Necessary Doctryne'' * Charles Estienne – ''Praedium Rusticum'' *Johannes Magnus – ''Historia de omnibus gothorum sueonumque regibus'' (History of all Kings of Goths and Swedes) * Tepetlaoztoc Codex *''Lazarillo de Tormes'' (anonymous) *Adrianus Turnebus's edition of ''Corpus Hermeticum'' *''Approximate year:'' *''Título de Totonicapán'' (anonymous Kʼicheʼ language document) Poetry *'' Anacreontea'' (Greek poems of 1st century BC – 6th century AD, published for first time by Henri Estienne) Births *March 22 – Catherine de Parthenay, French Huguenot noblewoman, mathematician, poet, playwright and translato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Estienne
Henri Estienne ( , ; 1528 or 15311598), also known as Henricus Stephanus ( ), was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His most well-known work was the ''Thesaurus graecae linguae'', which was printed in five volumes. The basis of Greek lexicology, no thesaurus would rival that of Estienne's for three hundred years. Among his many publications of Greek authors, his publications of Plato are the source of Stephanus pagination, which is still used to refer to Plato's works. Estienne was also responsible for the first printed Latin translation of the works of Sextus Empiricus in 1562, which scholars credit for the diffusion of Pyrrhonian skepticism in early modern Europe and its adoption by highly influential skeptical philosophers such as Michel de Montaigne. Estie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anrakuan Sakuden
was an Edo period Japanese priest of the Jōdo-shū sect of Buddhism; devotee of the tea ceremony; connoisseur of camellias; and amateur poet. The name Anrakuan takes from the name of the tea house A teahouse or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. A tea room may be a room set aside in a hotel, especially for serving afternoon tea, or may be an establishment that only ser ... that he built and lived at after he retired at the age of seventy. He is famous as the author of the ''Seisuishō'' (醒睡笑, Laughs to Wake You Up), which is a collection of humorous anecdotes. The ''Seisuishō'' is considered a major progenitor of the popular Edo-period literary genre called ''hanashibon'' (咄本), books of humorous stories. For this reason, Anrakuan Sakuden has been called the founder of , the popular form of comic monologue performed by special storytellers. Anrakuan is also known as the founder of the Anrakuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1586 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1586. Events *September 19 – The English poet Chidiock Tichborne, imprisoned in the Tower of London on the eve of being hanged, drawn and quartered for his part in the Babington Plot, writes his ''Elegy'' ("My prime of youth is but a frost of cares"). * September 22 – The English poet, critic, courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney is fatally wounded at the Battle of Zutphen. *''unknown dates'' **Francis Bacon takes a new seat as MP in the Parliament of England, that of Taunton. **Oxford University Press is recognised in a decree of the Star Chamber in England. New books Prose *Caesar Baronius – ''Roman martyrology'' (new edition) *William Camden – ''Britannia'' (in Latin) * Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert – ''Zedekunst'' (Art of Ethics) * Angel Day – '' The English Secretary'' * Robert Greene – ''Morando, the Tritameron of Love'' (part 2) *John Knox – ''Historie of the Reformatioun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan era, Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence, ''Astrophil and Stella'', a treatise, ''An Apology for Poetry, The Defence of Poesy'' (also known as ''The Defence of Poesie'' or ''An Apology for Poetrie'') and a Pastoral#Pastoral romances, pastoral romance, ''The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia''. He died fighting the Spanish in the Netherlands, age 31, and his funeral procession in London was one of the most lavish ever seen. Biography Early life Born at Penshurst Place, Kent, England, Kent, of an aristocratic family, he was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was the eldest son of Henry Sidney, Sir Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney, Lady Mary Dudley. His mother was the eldest daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and the sister of Robert Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
November 30
Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 *1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida. * 1718 – Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. *1782 – American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). *1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). *1803 – The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines. * 1803 – In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1624 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1624. Events *January 18 – The King's Men (playing company), King's Men perform William Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale'' at Whitehall Palace. *August 5–August 14, 14 – The King's Men perform Thomas Middleton's satire ''A Game at Chess'' at the Globe Theatre, London, until it is suppressed in view of its allusions to the Spanish Match. *August 26 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, requires the legal deposit of new books to the ''Hof-Bibliothek ("Imperial Library") in Vienna, the modern-day Austrian National Library. *December – The King's Men get into further trouble for performing Philip Massinger's ''The Spanish Viceroy'' without a licence from the Master of the Revels. *December 20 – The King's Men provide Sir Henry Herbert (Master of the Revels) with a "submission," a written apology, signed by each actor who had taken part in ''The Spanish Viceroy'' earlier in the month. The signa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis De La Puente
Luis de la Puente (also D'Aponte, de Ponte, Dupont) Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 4 November 2021 (11 November 1554 – 16 February 1624) was a Spanish theologian and writer. He was one of the most esteemed ascetical writer of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries." Venerable Louis de la Puente, SJ", Jesuits Prayer Ministry Singapore /ref> A few years after his death, the |
November 11
Events Pre-1600 * 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, '' Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy. * 1028 – Constantine VIII dies, ending his uninterrupted reign as emperor or co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire of 66 years. * 1100 – Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and a direct descendant of the Saxon king Edmund Ironside; Matilda is crowned on the same day. * 1215 – The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ. * 1500 – Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. * 1572 – Tycho Brahe observes the supernova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1594 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1594. Events *c. February – The Shakespeare play ''Titus Andronicus'' is the first to be published, anonymously in London. His poem ''The Rape of Lucrece'' is published after May. *Spring – The London theaters reopen after two years of general inactivity due to the bubonic plague epidemic of 1592–94. Many actors who used to be Lord Strange's Men form a new company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, under the patronage of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, Lord Chamberlain of England at the time. *April 6 and April 9 – Members of Queen Elizabeth's Men and Sussex's Men perform the early ''King Leir'' at The Rose (theatre), the Rose Theatre in London. *May 14 – The reorganized Admiral's Men begin performances with Christopher Marlowe's ''The Jew of Malta''. *October – The first firmly recorded performance of Christopher Marlowe, Marlowe's ''Doctor Faustus (play), The Tragicall History of the Life and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bálint Balassi
Baron Bálint Balassi de Kékkő et Gyarmat (, ; 20 October 1554 – 30 May 1594) was a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian,István Nemeskürty, Tibor KlaniczayA history of Hungarian literature Corvina, 1982, p. 64 but was also proficient in eight more languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian and Romanian. He is the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry. Life Balassi was born at Zólyom in the Captaincy of Cisdanubia and Mining Towns in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Zvolen, Slovakia). He was educated by the reformer Péter Bornemisza and by his mother, the highly gifted Protestant zealot, Anna Sulyok. He went to school in Nuremberg since 1565. His first work was a translation of Michael Bock's ''Wurtzgärtlein für krancke Seelen'' (Little Herb Garden for Sad Souls), (published in Kraków), to comfort his father while in Polish exile. On his father's rehabilitation, Bálint accompanied him to court, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 20
Events Pre-1600 *1568 – The Spanish Duke of Alba defeats a Dutch rebel force under William the Silent. * 1572 – Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes. 1601–1900 * 1740 – France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins. * 1774 – American Revolution: The Continental Association, a nonconsumption and nonimportation agreement against the British Isles and the British West Indies, is adopted by the First Continental Congress. *1781 – The Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Austria. *1803 – The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase. *1818 – The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
