1566 in literature

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Events

• At a performance of Richard Edwardes' play, Palamon and Arcite, at Oxford, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth I of England, the stage collapses causing three deaths. The show goes on.

New books

• Magdeburg Centuries, volume IX
• Diego de Landa - Relación de las cosas de Yucatán
• William Painter - Palace of Pleasure

Poetry

• See 1566 in poetry

Births

• September 1 - Edward Alleyn, actor (d. 1626)
• date unknown - John Hoskins, poet (d. 1638)

Deaths

• January 6 - Jan Utenhove, translator (b. 1516)
• April 25 - Louise Labé, poet (b. c. 1520)
• October 10 - Hentenius, biblical commentator (b. 1499)
• date unknown
  • Richard Edwardes, poet and dramatist (b. c. 1523)
  • Thomas Hoby, translator (b. 1530)