1589 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1589.

Events

• January - The Children of Paul's perform twice at the English royal court during the first two weeks of the year.
• March - Marprelate Controversy: Bishop Thomas Cooper's Admonition prompts Marprelate's response in the form of a tract entitled Hay any Worke for Cooper.
• July - John Penry's printing press produces two tracts purporting to be by sons of Martin, but probably by Martin himself: Theses Martinianae by "Martin Junior", and The Just Censure of Martin Junior by "Martin Senior".

New books

• Jane Anger - Jane Anger her protection for women, to defend them against the scandalous reportes of a late surfeiting lover, and all other like venerians that complaine so to bee overcloyed with women's kindnesse^[1]
• Thoinot Arbeau - Orchésographie
• Giovanni Botero - Della ragione di Stato (The Reason of State)
• Robert Greene - Menaphon
• Richard Hakluyt - The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation
• John Lyly (attr.) - Pappe with an Hatchet, part of the Marprelate Controversy
• Lorenzo Scupoli - Il combattimento spirituale
• Water Margin (水浒传, Shui Hu Zhuan; earliest known complete printed edition)^[2]

New drama

• Girolamo Bargagli - La Pellegrina (The Pilgrim Woman)
• Robert Greene - Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
• Thomas Kyd? - Hamlet (the "Ur-Hamlet") (latest date)
• Christopher Marlowe - The Jew of Malta (probably written 1589–90)
• George Peele? - The Troublesome Reign of King John (approximate date)
• The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune (anonymous; published)

Poetry

• Christopher Marlowe - The Passionate Shepherd to His Love

Births

• March 3 – Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch Calvinist theologian (died 1676)
• Unknown dates
  • Heinrich Petraeus, German physician and writer (died 1620)
  • Antonio de León Pinelo, Peru-born Spanish historian (died c. 1675)

Deaths

• March 22 – Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian merchant and writer (born 1521)
• March 23 – Marcin Kromer, Polish historian (born 1512)
• July 1 – Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch printer (born c. 1520)
• August 31 – Jurij Dalmatin, Slovenian writer and translator (born c. 1547)
• September 16 – Michael Baius, Belgian theologian (born 1513)
• September 19 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (born 1532)
• October 12 – Samuel de Medina, Talmudist and author from Thessaloniki (born 1505)
• October 15 – Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher (born 1532)
• Unknown date – Thomas Sampson, English theologian and translator (born c. 1517)

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