1580 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1580.

Events

• March – Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III of England, Richardus Tertius , the first known history play performed in England, is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge.
• July 12 – The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible translation into a Slavic language (Old Church Slavonic), is first printed at Ostroh in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) by Ivan Fyodorov. ^[1]

New books

• Book of Concord
• Jean Bodin – De la demonomanie des sorciers
• Veronica Franco – Lettere familiari a diversi ^[2]
• Robert Greene – Mamillia
• John Lyly – Euphues and his England
• Michel de Montaigne – Essais ^[3]
• Anthony Munday – Zelauto

New drama

• Robert Garnier – Antigone
• Thomas Legge – Richardus Tertius

Poetry

• Luís Vaz de Camões – Luís Vaz de Camões
• Jan Kochanowski – Laments (Treny)

Births

• March 5 – Christophe Justel, French scholar (died 1649)
• April 18 (date of baptism) – Thomas Middleton, English poet and dramatist (died 1627)
• June 9 – Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655) ^[4]
• September 17 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645) ^[5]
• October 12 – Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633) ^[6]
• unknown dates
  • Charles François d'Abra de Raconis, French theologian (died 1646)
  • Manuel de Almeida, Spanish historian (died 1646)
  • Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (died 1664)
  • Philipp Clüver, German historian (died 1623)
  • Ling Mengchu (凌濛初), Chinese vernacular writer (died 1644)
  • Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet (died 1621)
  • Francisco de Lugo, Spanish theologian (died 1652) ^[7]

Deaths

• May 3 – Thomas Tusser, English poet (born 1524)
• June 10 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c.1524) ^[8]
• June 22 – Hernando de Acuña, Spanish translator (born c.1520)
• August 20 – Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (born 1506)
• October 8 – Hieronymus Wolf, German historian (born 1516)
• November 3 – Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
• unknown dates
  • Sebastián de Horozco, Spanish poet and dramatist (born 1510)
  • Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c.1532) ^[9]
• probable – Raphael Holinshed, chronicler ^[10]

References

1. Joze Krasovec (1 October 1999). The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia. A&C Black. p. 676. ISBN   978-0-567-34563-9.
2. Turner, James (1993). Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe: Institutions, Texts, Images . Cambridge University Press. p.  107. ISBN   9780521446051.
3. Michel de Montaigne (1887). Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into Italy, and Letters. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 471.
4. J. H. Meter (1984). The Literary Theories of Daniel Heinsius: A Study of the Development and Background of His Views on Literary Theory and Criticism During the Period from 1602 to 1612. Van Gorcum. p. 6. ISBN   978-90-232-1892-0.
5. D. Gareth Walters (1985). Francisco de Quevedo. Catholic University of America Press. p. 1. ISBN   978-0-8132-0623-3.
6. Javier Portús (2004). The Spanish Portrait: From El Greco to Picasso. Scala. p. 337. ISBN   978-1-85759-374-7.
7. New Catholic Encyclopedia: Jud-Lyo. Thomson/Gale. 2003. p. 854. ISBN   978-0-7876-4012-5.
8. Luís de Camões (1966). The Lusiads of Luiz de Camões. Hispanic Society of America. p. xxix.
9. Gordon Donaldson; Robert S. Morpeth (1973). Who's who in Scottish history. Blackwell. p. 60.
10. Derek Jones (December 2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 527. ISBN   978-1-136-79864-1.