1584 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1584.
Events
- Master Thomas Giles takes charge of the Children of Paul's; this is the start of a close association with the works of John Lyly.[1]
New books
Prose
- Giordano Bruno – La Cena de le Ceneri (Ash Wednesday Supper)
- John Dee – 48 Claves angelicae (48 Angelic Keys, written in Kraków)
- James VI of Scotland – Some Reulis and Cautelis to be observit and eschewit in Scottis poesie
- David Powel – The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales (first printed history of Wales)
- Reginald Scot – The Discoverie of Witchcraft
- Richard Stanihurst – De rebus in Hibernia gestis (Of matters in the history of Ireland)
- Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer – Spiegel der Zeevaerdt (Mariners' Mirror, English 1588, Latin 1591)
Drama
- 'A.M.' (probably Anthony Munday) – Fidele and Fortunio
- Robert Wilson (attributed) – The Three Ladies of London
Poetry
See 1584 in poetry
- Thomas Watson – Hekatompathia or Passionate Centurie of Love (publication)
Births
- May – André Duchesne, French geographer and historian (died 1640)
- August 29 – Patrick Young, Scottish scholar and royal librarian (died 1652)
- September 15 – Georg Rudolf Weckherlin, German poet (died 1653)
- December 16 – John Selden, English polymath (died 1654)
- Unknown date
- Francis Beaumont, English dramatist and poet (died 1616)
- Anna Ovena Hoyer, German/Swedish poet (died 1655)
- Hu Zhengyan, Chinese artist, printmaker, calligrapher and publisher (died 1674)
Deaths
- February 18 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian prose writer (born 1503)
- March 10 – Thomas Norton, English lawyer, politician and poet (born 1532)
- June 13 – János Zsámboky, Hungarian humanist, philologist and historian (born 1531)[2]
- July 23 – John Day, English Protestant printer (born c. 1522)
- August 12 – Carolus Sigonius, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1524)
- November 21 – Turrianus, Spanish Jesuit Hellenist and polemicist (born c. 1509)
- Unknown dates
- Stephen Batman, English translator (date of birth unknown)
- Gerhard Dorn, Flemish philosopher, translator and polymath (born c. 1530)
- Alonso Gutiérrez, Spanish philosopher (born c. 1507)
References
- ^ Chambers, E. K. The Elizabethan Stage. vol. 2, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923.
- ^ Jacob Soll, The information master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system, University of Michigan Press, 2009, p.26 [1]