1591 in literature
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[edit] Events
- In the spring of the year, A dispute with James Burbage impels the Admiral's Men to leave The Theatre and move to Philip Henslowe's Rose Theatre.
- Summer - Sir Walter Raleigh secretly marries Elizabeth Throckmorton.
- October 4 - John Lyly's Midas is entered in the Stationers' Register.
- November 8 - Publisher Thomas Millington becomes a "freeman" (full member) of the Stationers' Company.
[edit] New books
- Andrea Alciato - Emblemata
- John Greenwood - A Breife Refutation of Mr George Giffard, etc.
- Melis Stoke - Rijmkroniek (History of the Netherlands) (written during the 14th century)
- "A. W." - A Book of Cookrye
[edit] New drama
- Anonymous - The Troublesome Reign of King John (published)
- John Lyly - Endymion, the Man in the Moon (published)
- Muretus - Julius Caesar (published)
[edit] Poetry
- James VI of Scotland - Lepanto
- Sir Philip Sidney – Astrophel and Stella (published posthumously)
[edit] Births
- March 6 - Tommaso Tamburini, theologian (d. 1675)
- August - Robert Herrick, poet (d. 1674)
- date unknown
- Thomas Goffe, dramatist (d. 1629)
- Ivan Bunić Vučić, Ragusan poet (d. 1658)
[edit] Deaths
- August 23 - Luis Ponce de León, poet and orator (b. 1527)
- date unknown
- Noël du Fail, short story writer (b. c. 1520)
- Johann Fischart, satirist (b. c. 1545)
- Veronica Franco, poet and courtesan (b. 1546)
