1575 in literature

1575 in literature

Events

*Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereaux, the inspiration for his "Astrophel and Stella".

New books

*Anonymous - "Arbatel de magia veterum"

New drama

*George Gascoigne - "The Glass of Government" published

Poetry

*"See 1575 in poetry"

Births

*August 14 - Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (d. 1629)
*August 15 - Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist (d. 1650)
*"date unknown"
**Jakob Böhme, German theologian (d. 1624)
**David Calderwood, Scottish historian (d. 1650)
**John Cotta, physician and writer (d. 1650)
**Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Jesuit scholar (d. 1655)
**Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (d. 1626)
**William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (d. 1641)

Deaths

*March 11 - Matthias Flacius, Lutheran theologian (b. 1520)
*July 14 - Richard Taverner, Bible translator (b. c. 1505)
*September 17 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (b. 1504)
*December 18 - Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (b. 1495)
*"date unknown"
**Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (b. 1528)
**Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (b. 1503)
**Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
**Sir William Stevenson, English poet (b. 1530)


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