1622 in literature
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[edit] Events
- Lucas Holstenius arrives in Britain to gather material for his Geographi Minores.
[edit] New books
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón - El tejedor de Segovia
- Francis Bacon - The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh
- George Wither - Faire-Virtue, The Mistresse of Phil Arete
[edit] New drama
- Richard Brome - The French Disease
- John Fletcher - The Beggar's Bush
- John Fletcher & Philip Massinger - The Spanish Curate
- Thomas May - The Heir
- Thomas Middleton and William Rowley - The Changeling
- William Rowley (attributed) - The Birth of Merlin
[edit] Births
- January 15 - Molière, dramatist (died 1673)
- February 24 - Johannes Clauberg, philosopher and theologian (died 1655)
- April 11 - Jan van Vliet, philologist (died 1666)
- April 17 - Henry Vaughan (died 1695), poet, and Thomas Vaughan (philosopher) (died 1666), philosopher (twins)
- date unknown - Gilbert Mabbot, journalist and licenser of the press 1647-49 (died c1670)
[edit] Deaths
- August 21 - Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana, poet (murdered) (born 1582)
- date unknown - Henry Ainsworth, clergyman and scholar (born 1571)
- date unknown - Sir George Buck, historian (born 1560)
- date unknown - John Owen, writer of epigrams (born 1564)
