1586 in literature
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- John Knox - Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun within the Realms of Scotland
- John Lyly - Pappe with an hatchet, alias a figge for my Godsonne
- Jerónimo Osório - De rebus Emmanuelis
- George Puttenham (attr.) - The Arte of English Poesie
- Luis Barahona de Soto - Primera parte de la Angélica
- George Whetstone - English Myrror
[edit] New drama
- Christopher Marlowe & Thomas Nashe - Dido, Queen of Carthage (estimated date of writing)
[edit] Poetry
See 1586 in poetry
[edit] Births
- February 24 - Matthias Faber, German religious writer (d. 1653)
- ?April - John Ford, dramatist (d. c. 1640)
- date unknown
- Francisco de Moncada, Spanish diplomat, soldier and historian (d. 1635)
- Lady Mary Wroth, poet (d. c. 1651)
[edit] Deaths
- April 8 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian (b. 1522)
- June 1 - Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian (b. 1491)
- June 28 - Primož Trubar, author of the first printed book in the Slovenian language (b. 1508)
- September 20 - Chidiock Tichborne, poet (executed for suspected involvement in the Babington Plot) (b. 1558)
- October 17 - Sir Philip Sidney, poet (of wounds received at the Battle of Zutphen (b. 1554)
- date unknown
- Antonio Agustín y Albanell, Humanist historian (b. 1516)
- Birbal, Indian poet and wit (b. 1528)
- Giulio Cesare Brancaccio, Italian writer and entertainer (b. 1515)
- Surdas, Hindu devotional poet (b. 1479)
