1564 in literature

1564 in literature

Events

*Ivan Fyodorov prints the "Acts and Epistles of the Apostles", the first printed work in the Russian language that can be dated.

New books

*John Dee - "Monas Hieroglyphica"
*"Magdeburg Centuries", volumes VII and VIII
*Girolamo Maggi - "Miscellanorum, seu Variarum Lectionum"

Poetry

*"See 1564 in poetry"

Births

*February - Christopher Marlowe, poet and dramatist (d. 1593)
*March 9 - David Fabricius, theologian (d. 1617)
*April - William Shakespeare, poet and dramatist (d. 1616)

Deaths

*March 5 - Friedrich Staphylus, theologian (b. 1512)
*May 27 - John Calvin, theologian (b. 1509)
*September 26 - Theodor Bibliander, theologian and publisher (b. c. 1505) (plague)


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