1575 in literature
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This is a list of literature-related events in 1575.
Events
- September 26 - Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Barbary pirates.
- Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereaux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.
- The first primer in the Estonian language is published.
- First printed version of Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor, originally written in 1335.
New books
- Anonymous - Arbatel de magia veterum
New drama
- George Gascoigne - The Glass of Government
Poetry
Main article: 1575 in poetry
- Veronica Franco - Terze rime
Births
- April – Jakob Böhme, German theologian (died 1624)
- August 14 – Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (died 1624)
- August 15 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist (died 1650)
- Unknown dates
- David Calderwood, Scottish historian (died 1650)
- John Cotta, English physician and writer (died 1650)
- Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Italian Jesuit scholar (died 1655)
- Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)
- William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (died 1641)
Deaths
- March 11 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian writing in Latin (born 1520)
- June 9 – Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
- July 14 – Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (born c. 1505)
- August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (born 1503)
- September 17 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (born 1504)
- December 1 – Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (born 1528)
- December 18 – Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (born 1495)
- Unknown date – Sir William Stevenson, English poet (born 1530)
In literature
- Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (1821) is set around this year.