1584 in literature

1584 in literature

Events

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New books

*Reginald Scot - "The Discovery of Witchcraft"

New drama

*François d'Amboise - "Néapolitaines"
*John Lyly
**"Campaspe"
**"Sapho and Phao"
*George Peele - "The Arraignment of Paris"
*Robert Wilson - "The Three Ladies of London" (published)

Poetry

"See" 1584 in poetry

Births

*February 12 - Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch humanist theologian (d. 1648)
*May - André Duchesne, French historian (d. 1640)
*May 6 - Diego de Saavedra Fajardo, Spanish diplomat and writer (d. 1648)
*September 11 - Thomas van Erpe, Dutch Orientalist (d. 1624)
*September 15 - Georg Rudolf Weckherlin, German poet (d. 1653)
*November 3 - Jean-Pierre Camus, French bishop and author (d. 1652)
*December 16 - John Selden, English legal writer (d. 1654)
*"date unknown"
**Francis Beaumont, English dramatist (d. 1616)
**John Hales, English theologian (d. 1656)

Deaths

*February 18 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian prose writer (b. 1503)
*March 10 - Thomas Norton, politician and poet (b. 1532)
*June 13 - János Zsámboky, Hungarian humanist scholar (b. 1531)
*September 20 - Hans Svaning, Danish historian (b. 1503)
*November 21 - Turrianus, Spanish theologian (b. c. 1509)
*"date unknown" - Alonso Gutiérrez, Spanish philosopher (b. c. 1507)


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