1580 in literature

1580 in literature

Events

*Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III, "Richardus Tertius", is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge during March.

New books

*"Book of Concord"
*Michel de Montaigne - "Essais"

New drama

*Robert Garnier - "Antigone"
*Thomas Legge - "Richardus Tertius"

Poetry

*Luís Vaz de Camões - "Luís Vaz de Camões"
*Jan Kochanowski - "Laments"

Births

* June 9 - Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)
* September 17 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645)
* October 12 - Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633)
*"date unknown"
**Charles François d'Abra de Raconis, French theologian (died 1646)
**Thomas Adams, English dramatist (died 1653)
**Manuel de Almeida, Spanish historian (died 1646)
**Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (died 1664)
**Philipp Clüver, German historian (died 1623)
**Christophe Justel, French scholar (died 1649)
**Ling Mengchu, Chinese vernacular writer (died 1644)
**Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet (died 1621)
**Francisco de Lugo, Spanish theologian (died 1652)
**Thomas Middleton, English poet and dramatist (died 1627)

Deaths

* 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 (born 1512)
*"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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