1629 in literature
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The year 1629 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- April 6 - Tommaso Campanella is released from custody in Rome, and gains the confidence of Pope Urban IV.
- November 22 - The King's Men perform Othello at the Blackfriars Theatre.
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca and his friends break into a convent in an attempt to seize Pedro de Villegas, who had stabbed Calderón's brother.
[edit] New books
- Philipp Clüver - Introductio in Universam Geographiam ("Introduction to Universal Geography") (posthumous)
- Robert Fludd - Medicina Catholica (Volume 1)
- Richard Sibbes - The Saint's Cordial
[edit] New drama
- Richard Brome – The Northern Lass
- - A Lovesick Maid (lost)
- Lodowick Carlell - The Deserving Favorite published
- William D'Avenant - The Just Italian performed; The Tragedy of Albovine published
- Ben Jonson - The New Inn
- Philip Massinger - The Picture performed; The Roman Actor published
[edit] Poetry
- John Beaumont - Bosworth Field; with a taste of the variety of other Poems left by Sir John Beaumont
- John Taylor - Wit and Mirth
[edit] Births
- date unknown - Henry Muddiman, journalist and publisher (died 1692)
- date unknown - Roderick O'Flaherty, historian (died c.1717)
[edit] Deaths
- July 13 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, theologian (born 1585)
- August - Thomas James, librarian (born c.1573)
- November - Robert Hayman, poet (born 1574)
- date unknown - Thomas Goffe, dramatist (born 1591)
- date unknown - John Speed, historian and cartographer (born 1542)
