1587 in literature
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[edit] Events
- The Rose theatre is built by Philip Henslowe in Southwark.
- Torquato Tasso travels to Rome to stay with Scipione Gonzaga, Patriarch of Jerusalem.
[edit] New books
- George Gifford - A discourse of the subtill practises of deuilles by witches and sorcerers
- John Penry - The Æquity of an Humble Supplication
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- See 1587 in poetry
[edit] Births
- June 21 - Kaspar von Barth, German philologist (d. 1658)
- November 17 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch dramatist (d. 1679)
- date unknown
- Michael Alford, English Jesuit writer (d. 1652)
- Francesco Angeloni, Italian historian (d. 1652)
- Nathan Field, English dramatist (d. 1620)
- Arthur Johnston, Scottish poet (d. 1641)
- Francis Kynaston, English poet (d. 1642)
- Alexander Leighton, Scottish pamphleteer (d. c. 1644)
[edit] Deaths
- March 15 - Kaspar Olevianus, German Protestant theologian (b. 1536)
- April 18 - John Foxe, martyrologist (b. 1517)
- September 19 - Pamelius, Belgian theologian (b. 1536)
- November
- Catherine Des Roches, French poet and author (b. 1542), and her mother
- Madeleine Des Roches, French poet and author (b. c. 1520)
- date unknown
- Dudley Fenner, English theologian (b. c. 1558)
