1576 in literature

1576 in literature

Events

*James Burbage builds The Theatre, the first permanent public playhouse in London, ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama.

New books

*Jean Boudin - "Six livres de la République"
*George Pettie - "A Petite Palace of Pettie His Pleasure"

New drama

*George Wapull - "The Tide Tarrieth No Man" published

Poetry

*"See 1576 in poetry"

Births

*January 12 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian (d. 1660)
*May 27 - Caspar Schoppe, German controversialist (d. 1649)
*June 6 - Giovanni Diodati, Bible translator (d. 1649)
*October - John Marston, English poet and dramatist (d. 1634)
*October 30 - Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian historian (d. 1631)
*"date unknown"
**William Ames, English philosopher (d. 1633)
**Johann Bogermann, Dutch translator (d. 1637)

Deaths

*January 19 - Hans Sachs, German poet and dramatist (b. 1494)
*February 10 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
*May 2 - Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish theologian (b. 1503)
*June 30 - Franciscus Sonnius, Flemish theologian (b. 1506)
*October 14 - Konrad Heresbach, Calvinist writer (b. 1496)
*"date unknown" - Basil Faber, German theologian (b. 1520)


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