1625 in literature
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The year 1625 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- On January 1, the King's Men act Henry IV, Part 1 at Whitehall Palace.
- John Milton enters Christ's College, Cambridge.
- Sir Richard Baker's Oxfordshire property is seized as a result of his debts.
- The London theatres are closed for most of the year, due to an outbreak of bubonic plague. When the epidemic abates with the cooler weather in October, a new company premiers under royal patronage, Queen Henrietta's Men.
- Cyril Tourneur becomes secretary to the council of war and joins the catastrophic Cadiz expedition under Sir Edward Cecil.
[edit] New books
- Francis Bacon - Complete Essays
- Ludovico Zuccolo - La Repubblica d' Evandria
[edit] New drama
- Alexandre Hardy - Mariamne published
- Ben Jonson - The Staple of News
- Racan - Les bergeries
- James Shirley - Love Tricks, or the School of Complement
[edit] Poetry
- Honoré d'Urfé - Sylvanire
[edit] Births
- August 20 - Thomas Corneille, dramatist (died 1709)
- date unknown - François Bernier, travel writer (died 1688)
[edit] Deaths
- June 1 - Honoré d'Urfé, novelist (born 1568)
- August - John Fletcher, dramatist (born 1579)
- September 6 - Thomas Dempster, historian (born 1579)
- September 20 - Heinrich Meibom, poet and historian (born 1555)
- date unknown - Thomas Lodge, dramatist (born c1558)
