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1575 in literature

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1575 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1575.

Contents

Events

  • September 26 – Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Barbary pirates.
  • Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.
  • The first primer in the Estonian language is published.
  • First printed version of Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor appears. It was originally written in 1335.

    • Prose

  • Anonymous – Arbatel de magia veterum

    • Drama

  • George Gascoigne – The Glass of Government

    • Poetry

  • Veronica Franco – Terze rime

    • Births

  • April – Jakob Böhme, German theologian (died 1624)
  • August 14 – Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (died 1624)
  • August 15 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist (died 1650)
  • Unknown dates
  • David Calderwood, Scottish historian (died 1650)
  • John Cotta, English physician and writer (died 1650)
  • Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Italian Jesuit scholar (died 1655)
  • Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)
  • William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (died 1641)

    • Deaths

  • March 11 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian writing in Latin (born 1520)
  • June 9 – Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
  • July 14 – Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (born c. 1505)
  • August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (born 1503)
  • September 17 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (born 1504)
  • December 1 – Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (born 1528)
  • December 18 – Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (born 1495)
  • Unknown date – Sir William Stevenson, English poet (born 1530)
  • Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer (born 1508)

    • In literature

  • Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (1821) is set around this year.

    • References

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