1596 in literature
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See also: 1595 in literature, other events of 1596, 1597 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- New edition of The Faerie Queene in six books.
[edit] New books
[edit] New drama
- Edward III (anonymous)
- William Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part 1
[edit] Poetry
- Thomas Campion - Poemata
- Edmund Spenser - Colin Clouts Come Home Againe
[edit] Non-fiction
- Thomas Harriot - Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
- Johannes Kepler - Mysterium Cosmographicum
- Sir Philip Sidney (published posthumously) -An Apologie for Poetrie
[edit] Births
- March 31 - René Descartes, French philosopher (died 1650)
- August 18 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (d. 1665)
- September - James Shirley, English dramatist (died 1666)
- September 4 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (died 1687)
- date unknown
- Moses Amyraut, French Protestant theologian (died 1664)
- Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (died 1661)
[edit] Deaths
- February 17 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (born 1536)
- August - Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William (born 1585)
- October 3 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)
- November 1 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (born 1539)
- date unknown
- Thoinot Arbeau, French priest and writer (born 1519)
- George Peele, dramatist (born 1556)
- Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer, diplomat, scientist, and author (born 1523)
- Henry Willobie, English poet (born 1575)