- 1572 in literature
Events
*The Act of 1572 that amends the Elizabethan Poor Law classifies actors as "vagabonds" — unless they enjoy noble patronage. With patronage, however, the actors are more secure from local interference than previously, allowing the famous companies that were to follow — the
Lord Chamberlain's Men , theAdmiral's Men , etc. [See also:Leicester's Men .]New books
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Friedrich Risner - "Opticae thesaurus"New drama
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George Gascoigne - "The Montague Masque"Poetry
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1572 in poetry "Births
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June 11 -Ben Jonson , poet and dramatist (d.1637 )
*December 27 -Johannes Vodnianus Campanus , Czech poet and dramatist (d.1622 )
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**John Donne , English poet (d.1631 )
**James Mabbe , English poet (d.1642 )
**İbrahim Peçevi , historian of the Ottoman Empire (d.1650 )
**John Pory , one of the earliest English journalists (d.1636 )Deaths
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March 13 -Petar Hektorović , Croatian poet (b.1487 )
*March 27 -Girolamo Maggi , Italian poet and philologist (b. c. 1523)
*August 26 -Petrus Ramus , French humanist writer (b.1515 ) (killed in the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre)
*October 25 -Cosimo Bartoli , Italian philologist (b.1503 )
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**Johannes Goropius Becanus , Dutch linguist (b.1519 )
**Séon Carsuel , Gaelic writer (b. c. 1522)
**Gutierre de Cetina , Spanish poet (b.1518 )
**Richard Grafton , English printer and publisher
**Francisco de Moraes , Portuguese romance writer (b. c. 1500)
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