1607 in literature

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also: 1606 in literature, other events of 1607, 1608 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] New books

• Thomas Dekker - The Seven Deadly Sins of London
• Michael Drayton - The Legend of Great Cromwell
• Honoré d'Urfé - Astrée (part 1)

[edit] New drama

• Francis Beaumont - The Knight of the Burning Pestle
• George Chapman - Bussy D'Ambois
• Thomas Dekker and John Webster - The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat (printed)
• Thomas Dekker - The Whore of Babylon
• Thomas Heywood - A Woman Killed with Kindness
• John Marston - Sophonisba, or, the Wonder of Women
• Thomas Middleton - Michaelmas Terme
• William Shakespeare - Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• Cyril Tourneur (or Thomas Middleton) - The Revenger's Tragedy (printed)

[edit] Births

• July 10 - Philippe Labbe, Jesuit writer (died 1667)

[edit] Deaths

• January 6 - Guidobaldo del Monte, philosopher (born 1545)
• May - Sir Edward Dyer, poet (born 1543)
• June 30 - Caesar Baronius, ecclesiastical historian (born 1538)
• probable - Henry Chettle, dramatist (born c1564)