1616 in literature

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The year 1616 in literature involved some significant events.

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Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church.
George Chapman's translations of Homer, previously issued in piecemeal fashion, are published complete for the first time, as The Whole Works of Homer, the first full English-language edition.

Johannes Valentinus Andreae - Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz Anno 1459
George Chapman - The Whole Works of Homer
Philipp Clüver - Germania Antiqua
Thomas Dekker - The Artillery Garden
Ben Jonson - the first folio collection of the works
Christopher Marlowe - Doctor Faustus (third quarto - the "B text")