- 1580 in literature
Events
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Thomas Legge 's Latin play about Richard III, "Richardus Tertius ", is acted by students atSt John's College, Cambridge during March.New books
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Book of Concord "
*Michel de Montaigne - "Essais"New drama
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Robert Garnier - "Antigone"
*Thomas Legge - "Richardus Tertius "Poetry
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Luís Vaz de Camões - "Luís Vaz de Camões "
*Jan Kochanowski - "Laments"Births
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June 9 -Daniel Heinsius , Dutch scholar (died1655 )
*September 17 -Francisco de Quevedo , Spanish Golden Age writer (died1645 )
*October 12 -Hortensio Félix Paravicino , Spanish poet (died1633 )
*"date unknown"
**Charles François d'Abra de Raconis , French theologian (died1646 )
**Thomas Adams, English dramatist (died1653 )
**Manuel de Almeida , Spanish historian (died1646 )
**Francisco de Araujo , Spanish theologian (died1664 )
**Philipp Clüver , German historian (died1623 )
**Christophe Justel , French scholar (died1649 )
**Ling Mengchu , Chinese vernacular writer (died1644 )
**Francisco Rodrigues Lobo , Portuguese poet (died1621 )
**Francisco de Lugo , Spanish theologian (died1652 )
**Thomas Middleton , English poet and dramatist (died1627 )Deaths
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June 10 -Luís de Camões , Portuguese poet (b. c. 1524)
*August 20 -Jeronymo Osorio , Portuguese historian (b.1506 )
*November 3 -Jeronimo Zurita y Castro , Spanish historian (born1512 )
*"date unknown"
**Hernando de Acuña , Spanish translator (b. c. 1520)
**Sebastián de Horozco , Spanist poet and dramatist (b.1510 )
**Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie , Scottish chronicler (born c1532)
**Thomas Tusser , English poet (b.1524 )
**Hieronymus Wolf , German historian (b.1516 )
*"probable" -Raphael Holinshed , chronicler
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