1586 in literature

1586 in literature

Events

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New books

*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

*Christopher Marlowe & Thomas Nashe - "Dido, Queen of Carthage" (estimated date of writing)

Poetry

"See 1586 in poetry"

Births

*February 24 - Matthias Faber, German religious writer (d. 1653)
*?April - John Ford, dramatist (d. c. 1640)
*"date unknown"
**Francisco de Moncada, Spanish diplomat, soldier and historian (d. 1635)
**Lady Mary Wroth, poet (d. c. 1651)

Deaths

*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 the Slovenian language (b. 1508)
*September 20 - Chidiock Tichborne, poet (executed for suspected involvement in the Babington Plot) (b. 1558)
*October 17 - Sir Philip Sidney, poet (of wounds received at the Battle of Zutphen (b. 1554)
*"date unknown"
**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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