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 Marprelate, but probably by Martin himself: Theses Martinianae by "Martin Junior", and The Just Censure of Martin Junior by "Martin Senior".

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, vol. 1
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]

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)

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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