1583 in literature

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List of years in literature (table)
... 1573 ^. 1574 ^. 1575 ^. 1576 ^. 1577 ^. 1578 ^. 1579 ... 1580 1581 1582 -1583- 1584 1585 1586 ... 1587 ^. 1588 ^. 1589 ^. 1590 ^. 1591 ^. 1592 ^. 1593 ...
Art ^. Archaeology ^. Architecture ^. Literature ^. Music ^. Philosophy ^. Science +...

Events

Early - Accademia della Crusca established in Florence to regulate the Italian language.
March 10 - Queen Elizabeth's Men acting troupe is ordered to be founded in England.
June 11 - Rivales, a play in Latin by William Gager, is acted by the students of Christ Church, Oxford. Rivales, criticized for its "filth," was never printed and does not survive; but was revived for two performances in 1592, one before Queen Elizabeth I of England.
June 12 - Dido, another play in Latin by Gager,^[1] is performed by students at Christ Church, Oxford.
Lodewijk Elzevir produces the first publication from the House of Elzevir in Leiden, Drusii Ebraicarum quaestionum ac responsionum libri duo.

Joseph Justus Scaliger - De emendatione temporum (Study on the Improvement of Time)
Philip Stubbes - The Anatomy of Abuses

January 8 - Simon Episcopius,^[2] Dutch theologian (died 1643)
February 2 - Anna Visscher, Dutch artist, poet and translator (died 1651)
April 4 - Franciscus Quaresmius, Italian writer (died 1650)
April 10 - Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher, dramatist and poet (died 1645)
date unknown
- Johann Heinrich Alting, German theologian (died 1644)
- John Beaumont, poet (died 1627)

January 1 - François de Belleforest, French poet and translator (born 1530)
January 5 - Juan Maldonado, Spanish Jesuit theologian (born 1533)
March 4 - Bernard Gilpin, English theologian (born 1517)
April - Lucas David, Prussian historian (born 1503)
May 6 - Zacharias Ursinus, German theologian (born 1534)
July 8 - Fernão Mendes Pinto, Portuguese explorer and memoirist (born c.1509)
December 31 - Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (born 1524)
date unknown
- Alexander Arbuthnot, Scottish poet (born 1538)
- Henry Bynneman, printer (date of birth unknown)

↑ 1.0 1.1 Adams, William (2010). A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-Wrights, Players, and Playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the Earliest Times to the Present, Volume 1. Nabu Press. p. 557. ISBN 1-144-71419-2.
↑ Ellis, Mark (2006). Simon Episcopius' Doctrine of Original Sin. Peter Lang. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-8204-8109-8.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Franciscus Quaresmius". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hugo Grotius". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Johann Heinrich Alting". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sir John Beaumont". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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