1580 in literature

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List of years 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.^[1]

New books

Book of Concord
Jean Bodin – De la demonomanie des sorciers
Veronica Franco – Lettere familiari a diversi^[2]
Robert Greene – Mamillia
John Lyly – Euphues and his England
Michel de Montaigne – Essais^[3]
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)^[4]
September 17 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645)^[5]
October 12 – Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633)^[6]
unknown 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)^[7]

Deaths

May 3 – Thomas Tusser, English poet (born 1524)
June 10 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c.1524)^[8]
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)
unknown dates
- Sebastián de Horozco, Spanish poet and dramatist (born 1510)
- Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c.1532)^[9]
probable – Raphael Holinshed, chronicler^[10]

References

^ Joze Krasovec (1 October 1999). The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia. A&C Black. p. 676. ISBN 978-0-567-34563-9.
^ Turner, James (1993). Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe: Institutions, Texts, Images. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780521446051.
^ Michel de Montaigne (1887). Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into Italy, and Letters. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 471.
^ J. H. Meter (1984). The Literary Theories of Daniel Heinsius: A Study of the Development and Background of His Views on Literary Theory and Criticism During the Period from 1602 to 1612. Van Gorcum. p. 6. ISBN 978-90-232-1892-0.
^ D. Gareth Walters (1985). Francisco de Quevedo. Catholic University of America Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8132-0623-3.
^ Javier Portús (2004). The Spanish Portrait: From El Greco to Picasso. Scala. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-85759-374-7.
^ New Catholic Encyclopedia: Jud-Lyo. Thomson/Gale. 2003. p. 854. ISBN 978-0-7876-4012-5.
^ Luís de Camões (1966). The Lusiads of Luiz de Camões. Hispanic Society of America. p. xxix.
^ Gordon Donaldson; Robert S. Morpeth (1973). Who's who in Scottish history. Blackwell. p. 60.
^ Derek Jones (December 2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 527. ISBN 978-1-136-79864-1.