1582 in literature
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This is a list of literature-related events in 1582.
Events
- February - Meleager, a Latin play on the mythological figure of Meleager by "Gulielmus Gagerus" (William Gager), is performed by members of Christ Church, Oxford.
- November 29 - Marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway at Temple Grafton in England.
- Publication in England of the first part of Richard Mulcaster's textbook on the teaching of English, the Elementarie, including "a generall table [of eight thousand words] we commonlie use" in regularized spelling.
- Earliest reference to the publishing of private newspapers in Beijing (China).
New books
- Robert Bellarmine - Disputationes
- George Buchanan - Rerum Scoticarum Historia
- Hieronimo de Caranza - Libro dela Philosophia delas Armas
- "Douay–Rheims Bible", New Testament
- Richard Hakluyt - Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America
- John Leland - A learned and true assertion of the original, life, actes, and death of the most noble, valiant, and renoumed Prince Arthure, King of great Brittaine (posthumous translation)
- Flavius Ursinus - "On Embassies"[1]
New drama
- Anonymous - The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune
- Miguel de Cervantes - El cerco de Numancia
- William Gager - Meleager
- Giovanni Battista Guarini - Il pastor fido
Poetry
See 1582 in poetry
Births
- January 6 - Alonso de Contreras, Spanish adventurer and writer (died 1641)
- January 28 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist and poet (died 1621)
- February 6 - Mario Bettinus, Italian philosopher (died 1657)
- May 23 - Susanna Hall, daughter of William Shakespeare (died 1648)
- October 17 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran theologian (died 1637)
- date unknown
- Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer (died 1655)
- Richard Corbet, English poet (died 1635)
- Phineas Fletcher, English poet (died 1650)
- William Lithgow, Scottish traveller and author (died 1645)
- François Maynard, French poet (died 1646)
Deaths
- January 26 - Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist writer (born 1499)
- July/August - Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet (born 1517)
- September 28 - George Buchanan, Scottish historian (born 1506)
- October 4 - Teresa of Ávila, Spanish mystical writer (born 1515)
- date unknown
- Arnoldus Arlenius, Dutch humanist philosopher and poet (born c.1510)
- Natalis Comes, Italian mythographer, poet and historian (born 1520)
- Jobus Fincelius, German humanist writer
References
- ↑ Polybius (1979). The Rise Of The Roman Empire. Penguin. p. 36.