16th century in literature

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See also: 16th century in poetry, 15th century in literature, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature.

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Events [edit]

1508

1510

1512

1513

1515

1519

1522

1526

1530

1534

1535

1537

    • Paracelsus starts to write Astronomia Magna or the whole Philosophia Sagax of the Great and Little World".

1538

    • Paracelsus finishes writing Astronomia Magna or the whole Philosophia Sagax of the Great and Little World".

1539

    • Marie Dentière writes an open letter to Marguerite of Navarre, sister of the King of France; the Epistre tres utile, or "very useful letter", calls for an expulsion of Catholic clergy from France.

1541

1551

1554

1565

    • Torquato Tasso enters the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este at Ferrara.

1567

1571

    • Michel de Montaigne retires from public life and isolates himself in the tower of the Château de Montaigne.

1572

    • English law eliminates actors' companies lacking formal patronage, by labelling them "vagabonds".

1575

1576

1590

1596

1597

1598

1599

New books [edit]

1501

1503

1505

1508

1509

1510

1512

1513

1514-15

1515

    • Robert Fabyan - The New Chronicles of England and France

1516

1517

1518

1522

1524

1525

1526

1527

1528

1531

1532

1533

1534

1535

1536

1538

1539

1540

1541

1542

    • Paul Fagius - Liber Fidei seu Veritatis
    • Edward Hall - The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrate Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke

1543

1544

1545

1546

1547

1549

1550

1552

1553

1554

1559

1560

1562

    • William Bullein - Bullein's Bulwarke of Defence againste all Sicknes, Sornes, and Woundes

1563

1564

1565

1567

1569

1571

    • François de Belleforest - La Pyrénée (or La Pastorale amoureuse) (the first French "pastoral novel")
    • Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma (first printing in Irish)

1572

1576

1577

1578

1579

1581

    • Barnabe Riche - Riche his Farewell to Militarie Profession conteining verie pleasaunt discourses fit for a peaceable tyme

1582

    • George Buchanan - Rerum Scoticarum Historia
    • Richard Hakluyt - Divers Voyages
    • John Leland - A learned and true assertion of the original, life, actes, and death of the most noble, valiant, and renoumed Prince Arthure, King of great Brittaine (posthumous translation)

1583

1584

1585

1586

1588

1590

1592

1594

1595

    • Sir Philip Sidney (posthumous) - Defense of Poesy, a.k.a. An Apologie for Poetrie

1596

    • Sir Walter Raleigh - The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Beautiful Empyre of Guiana

1597

1598

1599

New drama [edit]

1508

1531

1536

1538

    • John Bale
      • Kynge Johan, the earliest known English historical drama (in verse)
      • Three Laws of Nature, Moses and Christ, corrupted by the Sodomytes, Pharisees and Papystes most wicked

1541

1551

1553

1562

1566

1567

1568

    • Ulpian Fulwell - Like Will to Like

1573

1582

1584

1588

1589

    • The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune - anonymous (published)

1590

1591

1592

1594

1595

1597

1598

1599

New poetry [edit]

1514

1550

1557

1562

1563

1567

1572

1573

1575

1576

    • The Paradise of Dainty Devices, the most popular of the Elizabethan verse miscellanies

1577

1579

1582

1590

1591

1592

1593

1594

1595

1596

1597

1598

1599

Births [edit]

Deaths [edit]

See also [edit]