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France
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Works published
Great Britain
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Nicholas Breton
Nicholas Breton (also Britton or Brittaine) (c. 1545/53 – c. 1625/6) was a poet and prose writer of the English Renaissance.
Life
Nicholas belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex. His father, William Breton, a London merchant ...
, ''The Pilgrimage to Paradise''
[Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ]
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Thomas Churchyard
Thomas Churchyard (c. 1523 – 1604) was an English author and soldier. He is chiefly remembered for a series of autobiographical or semi-autobiographical verse collections, including ''Churchyardes Chippes'' (1575); ''Churchyard's Choise'' (157 ...
, ''A Handful of Gladsome Verses: Given to the Queenes Majesty at Woodstocke''
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* ]Henry Constable
Henry Constable (1562 – 9 October 1613) was an English poet, known particularly for ''Diana'', one of the first English sonnet sequences. In 1591 he converted to Catholicism, and lived in exile on the continent for some years. He returned to E ...
, ''Diana'', sonnets (see also ''Diana'' 1594
Events
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* January 3 – Longvek, the capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia, is conquered by the army of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (now Thailand), commanded by King Naresuan, after more than two years of war. King Che ...
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* ]Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late-Elizabethan and early- Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle ''Delia'', the epic ...
, ''Delia'', sonnets; dedicated to the Countess of Pembroke (see also ''Delia and Rosamond Augmented'' 1594
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* January 3 – Longvek, the capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia, is conquered by the army of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (now Thailand), commanded by King Naresuan, after more than two years of war. King Che ...
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* ]Gabriel Harvey
Gabriel Harvey (1545 – 11 February 1631) was an English writer. Harvey was a notable scholar, whose reputation suffered from his quarrel with Thomas Nashe. Henry Morley, writing in the ''Fortnightly Review'' (March 1869), has argued that Harve ...
, ''Three Letters, and Certaine Sonnets: Especially touching Robert Greene, and other parties, by him abused'', poetry and prose; also published this year, the related ''Foure Letters and Certain Sonnets'' (see also ''Three Proper, and Whittie, Familiar Letters'' 1580
1580 (Roman numerals, MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events
January–March
* January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads ...
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* ]Richard Johnson Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to:
Academics
* Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic
* Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering
* Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of ...
, ''The Nine Worthies of London'', poetry and prose[
* ]Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (; – 13 January 1599 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the House of Tudor, Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is re ...
, ''Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the death of the noble and vertuous Douglas Howard, Daughter and heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier'' (although one source states the work was first published in London in January of this year,[Web page title]
"Edmund Spenser Home Page/Biography"
at the website of the University of Cambridge Faculty of English website, retrieved September 24, 2009 another states the book was published in 1591
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January–March
* January 27 – Scottish schoolmaster John Fian becomes the first person to be executed after the North Berwick witch trials, following his conviction for the crime of witchcraft. Fian is taken to the Ca ...
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* William Warner, ''Albions England: The Third Time Corrected and Augmented'', third edition, with 9 books (see also ''Albions England'' ]1586
Events
January – March
* January 3 – Augustus of Wettin, the Elector of Saxony, marries Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, the 12-year-old daughter of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt. Augustus dies less than six weeks later.
* January ...
, second edition 1589
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The reign of Catherine de' Medici as Countess of Auvergne ends after 64 years and she is succeeded by her grandson, Charles de Valois.
* January 7 – The College of Sorbonne votes a re ...
, fourth edition 1596
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Drake's Assault on Panama: Sir Francis Drake, General Thomas Baskerville and an English force of 15 ships land at the Atlantic Ocean port of Nombre de Dios in an attempt to capture the Isthmus o ...
, fifth edition 1602
Events January–March
* January 3 – Battle of Kinsale: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies. (The battle happens on this date according to the Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 Dece ...
, ''A Continuance of Albions England'' 1606
Events
January–March
* January 9 – The Black Nazarene, a statue, arrives in Manila from Mexico.
* January 24 – Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators, for plotting against Parliament and James I o ...
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Other
* Jean de Sponde
Jean de Sponde (''Joanes Ezponda''; 1557 in Basque – 18 March 1595) was a Baroque French poet.
Biography
Born at Mauléon, in what is now Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Jean de Sponde was raised in an austere Protestant family in the Basque region ...
, a Latin
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translation of Hesiod
Hesiod ( or ; ''Hēsíodos''; ) was an ancient Greece, Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.M. L. West, ''Hesiod: Theogony'', Oxford University Press (1966), p. 40.Jasper Gr ...
, with commentaries; France
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[France, Peter, editor, ''The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French'', 1993, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, ]
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* January 16 ''(bapt.)'' – Henry King (died 1669
Events January–March
* January 2 – Pirate Henry Morgan of Wales holds a meeting of his captains on board his ship, the former Royal Navy frigate ''Oxford'', and an explosion in the ship's gunpowder supply kills 200 of his crew a ...
), English
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poet and bishop
* March – Pedro Bucaneg
Pedro Bucaneg (March 1592 – c. 1630) was a Filipino people, Filipino poet. He is considered the "''Father of Ilocano literature''." Blind since birth, he is the believed to have authored of parts of the Ilocano language, Ilocano Epic poetr ...
(died 1630
Events
January–March
* January 2 – A shoemaker in Turin is found to have the first case of bubonic plague there as the plague of 1630 begins spreading through Italy.
* January 5 – A team of Portuguese military advisers ...
), blind Filipino poet, called the "Father of Ilokano literature
Ilocano literature or Iloko literature pertains to the literary works of writers of Ilocano ancestry regardless of the language used - be it Ilocano, English, Spanish or other foreign and Philippine languages. For writers of the Ilocano languag ...
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* April 9 – Juraj Tranovský Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian.
The English equivalent of the name is George.
Notable people
* Juraj Chmiel (born 1960), Czech diplomat and politician
* Juraj Dobrila (1812–1 ...
, also known as "George" (instead of Juraj) or (Latinized version) "Tranoscius" (died 1637
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy '' Le Cid'' is first performed, in Paris, France.
* January 16 – The siege of Nagpur ends in the modern-day Maharashtra state of India, as Kok Shah, the ...
), Czech
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** Czech culture
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
and Slovak hymnwriter, sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs"
* May 8 – Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles (about 8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most notable for his emblem book entitled ''Emblems''.
Early life
Francis Quarles was born in Romford, Essex, and baptised there on 8 May 1592. His family had a long his ...
(died 1644
It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644).
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January–March
* January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King Cha ...
), English
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* August 1 – François le Métel de Boisrobert
François le Métel de Boisrobert (1 August 1592 – 30 March 1662) was a French poet, playwright, and courtier.
Life
He was born in Caen. He trained as a lawyer, later practising for a time in Rouen. He traveled to Paris in 1622 and establishe ...
(died 1662
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Dziaddin Mukarram Shah becomes the new Sultan of Kedah, an independent kingdom on the Malay Peninsula, upon the death of his father, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansur.
* January 10 – At the ...
), French
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* The French (band), ...
* December 7 – Ingen
Ingen Ryūki (, ,, born , December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in ; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nu ...
(died 1673
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Impersonator Mary Carleton is hanging, hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation.
* February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet ...
), Chinese
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**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
Linji Chan Buddhist
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monk, poet, and calligrapher
* Also:
** Wang Duo
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(died 1652
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Michiel de Ruyter marries the widow Anna van Gelder and plans retirement, but months later becomes a vice-commodore in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
* February 4 – At Edinburgh, the parl ...
), Chinese calligrapher, painter and poet
** Arnauld de Oihenart Arnauld de Oihenart (7 August 159214 January 1668) was a Basque lawyer, politician, historian and poet.
Oihenart was born at Mauléon, Kingdom of Navarre, France. He studied law at Bordeaux, where he took his degree in 1612. He practised first in ...
(died 1668
Events
January–March
* January 23 – The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed between England, Sweden and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
* February 13 – In Lisbon, a peace treaty is established between Afonso ...
), Basque
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* Basque language, their language
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historian and poet
** Emanuele Tesauro
Emanuele Tesauro (; 28 January 1592 – 26 February 1675) was an Italian philosopher, rhetorician, literary theorist, dramatist, Marinist poet, and historian.
Tesauro left a considerable mark in the history of 17th century Italian culture and ...
(died 1675
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg.
* January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native American Christian, dies at Assaw ...
), Italian rhetorician, dramatist, Marinist
Marinism (Italian: ''marinismo'', or ''secentismo'', "17th century") is the name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino (1569–1625), following in particular ''La Lira'' and ''L'Ad ...
poet and historian
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* February 10 – Patrick Adamson (born 1537
Year 1537 ( MDXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Princess Madeleine of Valois, the 16-year-old daughter of François I, King of France, is married to King ...
), Scottish divine, archbishop of St Andrews, diplomat and Latin
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-language poet
* September 3 – Robert Greene (born 1558
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Year 1558 ( MDLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 7 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession o ...
), English
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author best remembered for a posthumously-published pamphlet containing a polemic attack on William Shakespeare
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* September 26 ''(bur.)'' – Thomas Watson (born 1555
Year 1555 ( MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 22 – The Kingdom of Ava in Upper Burma falls.
* February 2 – The Diet of Augsburg begins.
* February 4 &nda ...
), English
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lyrical poet
See also
* Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
* 16th century in poetry
Works published
* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.
* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry (including pre-Columbian works).
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England
* John Skelton (c. 1460� ...
* 16th century in literature
This article presents lists of literary events and publications in the 16th century.
Events
1501
*Italic type (cut by Francesco Griffo) is first used by Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in Venice, in an octavo edition of Virgil's ''Aeneid' ...
* Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature is the literature written in the Dutch language between around 1550 and around 1700. This period saw great political and religious changes as the Reformation spread across Northern and Western Europe an ...
* Elizabethan literature
Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature. In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw a flowering of poetry, with n ...
* English Madrigal School
The English Madrigal School was the intense flowering of the musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced them. The English madrigals were a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally bega ...
* French Renaissance literature
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of ...
* Renaissance literature
Renaissance literature refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance. The literature of the Renaissance was written within the general movement of the Renaissance, ...
* Spanish Renaissance literature
Spanish Renaissance literature is the literature written in Spain during the Spanish Renaissance during the 15th and 16th centuries. .
Overview
Political, religious, literary, and military relations between Italy and Spain from the second half o ...
* University Wits
The University Wits is a phrase used to name a group of late 16th-century English playwrights and pamphleteers who were educated at the universities (Oxford or Cambridge) and who became popular secular writers. Prominent members of this group wer ...
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Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...