1579 in literature

1579 in literature

Events

*Bible of Kralice is published - the first translation of the Bible into the Czech language.

New books

*Stephen Gosson - "The Schoole of Abuse"
*Martin de Hoyarçabal - "Les voyages aventureux du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsal, habitant du çubiburu"
*Thomas Lodge - "Honest Excuses"

New drama

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Poetry

*Edmund Spenser - "The Shepherd's Calendar"

Births

*February 9 - Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1839)
*August 1 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish dramatist and novelist (d. 1644)
*August 23 - Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (d. 1625)
*September 16 - Samuel Coster, Dutch dramatist (d. 1665)
*October 4 - Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman and historian (d. 1644)
*December - John Fletcher, dramatist (d. 1625)
*"date unknown"
**Chimalpahin, Aztec historian (d. 1660)
**Johannes Messenius, Swedish historian and dramatist (d. 1636)
**Rhys Prichard, Welsh-language poet (d. 1644)
**Francis Rous, religious writer (d. 1659)
**Walter Yonge of Colyton, diarist (d. 1649)

Deaths

*March 12 - Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian philosopher (b. 1508)
*November 21 - Cipriano Piccolpasso, Italian poet and author (b. 1524)
*"date unknown"
**Giovanni Battista Adriani, Italian historian
**Alonso de Molina, Spanish grammarian and lexicographer
**William Seres, English printer
**William Whittingham, Biblical scholar


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