1605 in literature
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See also: 1604 in literature, other events of 1605, 1606 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Luis de Góngora is ordained as a priest.
- The Rose theatre in London is abandoned.
- John Spottiswoode becomes a member of the Scottish privy council.
- The Red Bull Theatre is built in Clerkenwell, London
[edit] New books
- Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
- Samuel Daniel - Certain Small Poems
- John Davies of Hereford - Humours Heav'n on Earth
- Pedro de Espinosa - Flores de poetas ilustres (anthology)
- Melchior Goldast - Suevicarum rerum scriptores
[edit] New drama
- Robert Armin et al - Foole upon Foole
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher - The Woman Hater
- George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston - Eastward Hoe
- William Shakespeare - King Lear
- unknown - The London Prodigal
[edit] Births
- June - Thomas Randolph, poet and dramatist (died 1635)
- July 29 - Simon Dach, poet (died 1659)
- September 12 - William Dugdale, antiquarian author (died 1686)
- October 19 - Sir Thomas Browne, non-fiction author (died 1682)
- date unknown - John Gauden, possible author of the Eikon Basilike (died 1662)
- date unknown - William Habington, poet (died 1654)
- date unknown - Thomas Nabbes, dramatist (died c1645)
- date unknown - Sor Marcela de San Felix, illegitimate daughter of Lope de Vega (died 1687)
- probable - Hugh Paulinus de Cressy, church historian (died 1674)
[edit] Deaths
- March 26 - Jakob Ayrer, dramatist(born c1543)
- April 6 - John Stow, historian (born c1525)
- May - Edward Lively, linguist (born 1545)
- September 23 - Pontus de Tyard, poet (born c1521)
- October 13 - Theodore Beza, Protestant theologian (born 1519)
- date unknown - William Haughton, dramatist
- date unknown - Heinrich Khunrath, philosopher (born c1560)
- probable - Arthur Golding, translator (born c1536)
