- 1586 in literature
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New books
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John Knox - "Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun within the Realms of Scotland"
*John Lyly - "Pappe with an hatchet, alias a figge for my Godsonne"
*Jerónimo Osório - "De rebus Emmanuelis"
*George Puttenham (attr.) - "The Arte of English Poesie"
*Luis Barahona de Soto - "Primera parte de la Angélica"
*George Whetstone - "English Myrror"New drama
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Christopher Marlowe &Thomas Nashe - "Dido, Queen of Carthage " (estimated date of writing)Poetry
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1586 in poetry "Births
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February 24 -Matthias Faber , German religious writer (d. 1653)
*?April - John Ford, dramatist (d. c. 1640)
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**Francisco de Moncada , Spanish diplomat, soldier and historian (d. 1635)
**Lady Mary Wroth , poet (d. c. 1651)Deaths
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April 8 -Martin Chemnitz , Lutheran theologian (b. 1522)
*June 1 -Martín de Azpilcueta , Spanish theologian (b. 1491)
*June 28 -Primož Trubar , author of the first printed book in theSlovenian language (b. 1508)
*September 20 -Chidiock Tichborne , poet (executed for suspected involvement in the Babington Plot) (b. 1558)
*October 17 - SirPhilip Sidney , poet (of wounds received at the Battle of Zutphen (b. 1554)
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**Antonio Agustín y Albanell , Humanist historian (b. 1516)
**Birbal , Indian poet and wit (b. 1528)
**Giulio Cesare Brancaccio , Italian writer and entertainer (b. 1515)
**Surdas , Hindu devotional poet (b. 1479)
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