1568 in literature

1568 in literature

Events

*Publication of the "Bishops' Bible" by the Church of England.

New books

*Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki - "De optimo senatore"
*Petar Hektorović - "Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen)"
*Giorgio Vasari - "Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects)" (revised edition)

New drama

*Ulpian Fulwell - "Like Will to Like"

Poetry

*François d'Amboise - "Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency"
*"See also 1568 in poetry"

Births

*January 20 - Daniel Cramer, Lutheran theologian (d. 1637)
*February 11 - Honoré d'Urfé, novelist (d. 1625)
*July 7 - Richard Burbage, actor and theatre owner (d. 1619)
*September 5 - Tommaso Campanella, philosopher and poet (d. 1639)
*"date unknown"
**Richard Baker, chronicler (d. 1645)
**Clemens Timpler, philosopher (d. 1624)
**Sir Henry Wotton, diplomat and author (d. 1639)

Deaths

*January 20 - Myles Coverdale, translator of the Bible (b. c. 1488)
*April 7 - Onofrio Panvinio, historian (b. 1529)
*December 23 - Roger Ascham, didactic writer (b. c. 1515)
*"date unknown"
**Antoine Héroet, poet
**Dirk Philips, Anabaptist theologian (b. 1504)


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