1580 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1580.
Events
- March – Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III of England, Richardus Tertius, the first known history play performed in England, is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge.
- July 12 – The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible translation into a Slavic language (Old Church Slavonic), is first printed at Ostroh in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) by Ivan Fyodorov.
New books
- Book of Concord
- Jean Bodin – De la demonomanie des sorciers
- Veronica Franco – Lettere familiari a diversi[1]
- Robert Greene – Mamillia
- John Lyly – Euphues and his England
- Michel de Montaigne – Essais
- Anthony Munday – Zelauto
New drama
- Robert Garnier – Antigone
- Thomas Legge – Richardus Tertius
Poetry
- Luís Vaz de Camões – Luís Vaz de Camões
- Jan Kochanowski – Laments (Treny)
Births
- March 5 – Christophe Justel, French scholar (died 1649)
- April 18 (date of baptism) – Thomas Middleton, English poet and dramatist (died 1627)
- June 9 – Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)
- September 17 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645)
- October 12 – Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633)
Uncertain dates
- Charles François d'Abra de Raconis, French theologian (died 1646)
- Manuel de Almeida, Spanish historian (died 1646)
- Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (died 1664)
- Philipp Clüver, German historian (died 1623)
- Ling Mengchu (凌濛初), Chinese vernacular writer (died 1644)
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet (died 1621)
- Francisco de Lugo, Spanish theologian (died 1652)
Deaths
- May 3 – Thomas Tusser, English poet (born 1524)
- June 10 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c.1524)
- June 22 – Hernando de Acuña, Spanish translator (born c.1520)
- August 20 – Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (born 1506)
- October 8 – Hieronymus Wolf, German historian (born 1516)
- November 3 – Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
Uncertain dates
- Sebastián de Horozco, Spanish poet and dramatist (born 1510)
- Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c.1532)[2]
Probable year
- Raphael Holinshed, chronicler
References
- ^ Turner, James (1993). Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe: Institutions, Texts, Images. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780521446051.
- ^ Gordon Donaldson; Robert S. Morpeth (1973). Who's who in Scottish history. Blackwell. p. 60.