Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Contents

• Events
• Works
• Great Britain
• Other
• Births
• Deaths
• See also
• Notes

Events

• March 24 – Queen Elizabeth I of England dies at Richmond Palace, ending the Elizabethan era begun in 1558, and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland (where he has ruled since 1567), thus uniting the crowns of Scotland and England. ^[1] Ben Jonson and Thomas Dekker collaborate on a pageant to welcome the new king.
• November 17 – Sir Walter Ralegh goes on trial for treason in the converted Great Hall of Winchester Castle. ^[1] He is found guilty but his life is spared by King James I at this time and he is returned to imprisonment in the Tower of London.

Works

Births

• July 12 – Edward Benlowes, English (died 1676)
• Also:
  • Gabriel Bocángel (died 1658), Spanish playwright and poet
  • Pierre de Boissat (died 1662), French soldier, writer, poet and translator
  • Gysbert Japiks (died 1666), Frisian writer, poet, schoolteacher and cantor

Deaths

• July 22 – Łukasz Górnicki, (born 1527), Polish humanist, writer, poet, secretary and chancellor of Sigismund August of Poland
• Also:
  • Dadu Dayal (born 1544), Indian Sant Mat, poet, and philosopher
  • Emir Sharaf Khan Bidlisi (born 1543), Iranian Kurdish historian, writer and poet

See also

• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature
• Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
• Elizabethan literature
• English Madrigal School
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature
• University Wits

Notes