1619 in literature
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The year 1619 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Richard Burbage dies in March; his place as the star of the King's Men is filled by Joseph Taylor.
- René Descartes has a dream that helps him develop his ideas on analytical geometry.
- Ben Jonson becomes Poet Laureate.
- William Jaggard and Thomas Pavier publish the so-called False Folio of Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean plays.
[edit] New books
- Johannes Valentinus Andreae - Reipublicae Christianopolitanae descriptio
- Philipp Clüver - Sardinia et Corsica Antiqua
- - Siciliae Antique libri duo
- Robert Fludd - Utriusque Cosmi...Historia, Tomi Secundi ("The History of the Two Worlds, Volume 2")
- Johannes Kepler - Harmonices Mundi (an attack on Fludd's Neoplatonist cosmology)
- John Pitseus - De Illustribus Angliae scriptoribus
- Paolo Sarpi - History of the Council of Trent
- John Taylor - A Kicksey Winsey, or, A Lerry Come-Twang
[edit] New drama
- Anonymous - Two Wise Men and All the Rest Fools published
- Beaumont and Fletcher - A King and No King published
- - The Maid's Tragedy published
- Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero - De Klucht van de koe; Stommen ridder
- John Fletcher - The Humorous Lieutenant
- Fletcher and Philip Massinger - Sir John van Olden Barnavelt
- Lope de Vega - Fuente Ovejuna published
- Thomas Middleton - The Masque of Heroes
[edit] Poetry
Main article: 1619 in poetry
- George Wither - Fidelia
[edit] Births
- March 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac, soldier and poet (d. 1655)
- November 7 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, biographer (d. 1692)
- December 28 - Antoine Furetière, satirist (d. 1688)
[edit] Deaths
- February 19 - Lucilio Vanini, philosopher (b. 1585)
- March 13 - Richard Burbage, actor and theatre proprietor (born c1567)
- October 14 - Samuel Daniel, Poet Laureate and historian (born 1562)