1581 in literature
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
[edit] New drama
- George Peele The Arraignment of Paris (a pastoral)
[edit] Poetry
See 1581 in poetry
[edit] Births
- January 4 - Archbishop James Ussher, Anglo-Irish scholar (died 1656)
- March 16 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch Golden Age writer (died 1647)
- date unknown
- Henry Adamson, Scottish poet and historian (died 1639)
- Jeremias Drexel, Jesuit writer of devotional literature
- Christoph Helvig, German historian and theologian (died 1617)
- Charles Malapert, Belgian Jesuit writer (died 1630)
- Hieronim Morsztyn, Polish poet (died 1623)
- Sir Thomas Overbury, English poet and essayist (died 1613)
- probable - Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican dramatist (died 1639)
[edit] Deaths
- November 7 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. c1505)
- date unknown
- Morys Clynnog, Welsh language author (b. c. 1525)
- Andreas Musculus, German theologian (b. 1514)
- Guillaume Postel, French linguist (b. 1510)
- Nicholas Sanders, English Catholic propagandist (b. 1530)
- Thomas Wilson, English rhetorician (b. 1524)
