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1501 - The Book of Margery Kempe (posthumous)

1503 - The Thrissill and the Rois - William Dunbar

1505 - The Passtyme of Pleasure and The Temple of Glass - Stephen Hawes

1508 - The Goldyn Targe - William Dunbar

1509 - In Praise of Folly - Erasmus

1512 - Fulgens and Lucrece - Henry Medwall

1513 - First translation of Virgil's Aeneid into English language (Scots dialect) by Gavin Douglas

1514-15 - Sofonisba - Gian Giorgio Trissino

1515 - The New Chronicles of England and France by Robert Fabyan

about 1516 - Utopia by Thomas More

1517 - Francysk Skaryna's Bible translation and printing

1517 - Teofilo Folengo's Baldo, a popular Italian work of comedy.

1526 - William Tyndale's Bible translation

1527 - Historia Scotorum - Hector Boece

1531 - De trinitatis erroribus ("On the Errors of the Trinity") - Michael Servetus

1532 - The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

1534 - Martin Luther's Bible translation

1535 - Huon of Bordeaux - John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

1538 - Les Angoisses douloureuses qui procèdent d'amours - Hélisenne de Crenne

1539 - The Castel of Helth - Sir Thomas Elyot

1540 - Historia Scotorum of Hector Boece, translated into vernacular Scots by John Bellenden at the special request of James V of Scotland

1541 - Baptistes and Jephtha - George Buchanan

1542 - The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrate Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke - Edward Hall

1543

• De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (On the Fabric of the Human body in Seven Books) – Andreas Vesalius
• De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres) – Nicolaus Copernicus

1545

• Toxophilus - Roger Ascham

1547

• The Simple Words of Catechism - Martynas Mažvydas (first printed book in Lithuanian language)

1549

• Johannes der Täufer (St. John Baptist) - Johannes Aal

1552 - Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians), composed in Nahuatl by Martín de la Cruz and translated into Latin by Juan Badiano.

1553

• (about 1553) – Gammer Gurton's Needle and Ralph Roister Doister, the first comedies written in the English language

1559

• The Elizabethan version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, which remained in use until the mid-17th century and was the first English Prayer Book in America.
• Jorge de Montemayor - Diana

1560

• Geneva Bible - William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson
• Jules César - Jacques Grévin

1562

• Bullein's Bulwarke of Defence againste all Sicknes, Sornes, and Woundes - William Bullein

1563

• Foxe's Book of Martyrs - John Foxe

1576

• Six livres de la République - Jean Boudin

1577

• The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Irelande - Raphael Holinshed
• The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies - Richard Eden

1578

• A True Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discoverie…under the Conduct of Martin Frobisher - George Best
• Euphues: the Anatomy of Wit - John Lyly
• First Fruits - John Florio
• Smithus, vel Musarum lachrymae - Gabriel Harvey

1579

• Honest Excuses - Thomas Lodge
• The Schoole of Abuse - Stephen Gosson

1582

• Divers Voyages - Richard Hakluyt
• Rerum Scoticarum Historia - George Buchanan

1583

• The Anatomy of Abuses - Philip Stubbes

1584

• The Araygnement of Paris - George Peele

1585

• La Galatea - Miguel de Cervantes

1586

• A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia - Thomas Hariot
• Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun within the Realms of Scotland - John Knox
• The Raigne of Edward III - anonymous, attributed by some to William Shakespeare
• The Arte of English Poesie - attributed to George Puttenham
• Primera parte de la Angélica - Luis Barahona de Soto
• Pappe with an hatchet, alias a figge for my Godsonne - John Lyly

1588

• The Anatomie of Absurditie - Thomas Nashe

1590

• An Almond for a Parrat - Thomas Nashe
• Rosalynde - Thomas Lodge

1592

• Groatsworth of Wit - Robert Greene
• Foure Letters and certaine Sonnets - Gabriel Harvey
• Nine Worthies of London - Richard Johnson

1594

• Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie - Richard Hooker
• The Seamans Secrets - Sir John Davys

1595

• An Apologie for Poetrie - Sir Philip Sidney (posthumous)
• Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia - Thomas Harriot
• Colin Clouts Come Home Againe - Edmund Spenser

1596

• The Civell Warres of Edward the Second and the Barrons - Michael Drayton
• The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Beautiful Empyre of Guiana - Sir Walter Raleigh

1597

• Englands Heroicall Epistles - Michael Drayton

1598

• Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury - Francis Meres
• Politeuphuia (Wits' Commonwealth) - John Bodenham
• Survey of London - John Stow
• The Trew Law of Free Monarchies - King James VI of Scotland

1599

• The Shoemaker's Holiday - Thomas Dekker
• Patient Grissel - Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton
• Wits' Theater - John Bodenham

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New drama

1541

• Orbecche - Giovanni Battista Giraldi

1562

• Gorboduc - Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
• Jack Juggler - anonymous, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Udall

1573

• Aminta - Torquato Tasso

1582

• Il pastor fido - Giovanni Battista Guarini

1584

• Campaspe - John Lyly
• Sapho and Phao - John Lyly
• The Three Ladies of London - Robert Wilson (published)

1588

• The Battle of Alcazar - George Peele (performed)
• Endymion - John Lyly

1590

• Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First - George Peele
• Tamburlaine, - Christopher Marlowe (both parts published)
• The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London - Robert Wilson (published)

1591

• The Troublesome Reign of King John - Anonymous (published)

1592

• Henry VI, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - William Shakespeare
• The Spanish Tragedy - Thomas Kyd
• Arden of Faversham - anonymous (previously attributed to Shakespeare)

1594

• The Battle of Alcazar - George Peele (published)
• Cleopatra - Samuel Daniel
• The Cobbler's Prophecy - Robert Wilson (published)
• Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay - Robert Greene (published)
• A Looking Glass for London and England - Thomas Lodge & Robert Greene (published)
• Orlando Furioso - Robert Greene (published)
• Romeo and Juliet -William Shakespeare

1595

• Locrine - Anonymous (published)

1597

• The Isle of Dogs - Thomas Nashe & Ben Jonson
• Richard II - William Shakespeare

1598

• Every Man in His Humour - Ben Jonson
• The Scottish Historie of James the Fourth - Robert Greene (published)

1599

• Every Man Out of His Humour - Ben Jonson
• Henry V - William Shakespeare

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Year 1573 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Aminta is a play written by Torquato Tasso in 1573. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Gregorian Calendar switch: Year 1582 involved conversion to the Gregorian calendar. ... Giovanni Battista Guarini (December 10, 1538 – October 7, 1612) was an Italian poet and diplomat. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. ... Robert Wilson (fl. ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... The Battle of Alcazar is a play by George Peele, probably written and first staged in the late 1580s, published in 1594. ... George Peele (1558 - c. ... 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Year 1591 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Troublesome Reign of King John (ca. ... Year 1592 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The First Part of King Henry the Sixth is one of Shakespeares history plays. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Henry VI Part III is the third of William Shakespeares plays set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England, and prepares the ground for one of his best-known and most controversial plays: the tragedy of King Richard III (Richard III of England). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... 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Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... Locrine is an Elizabethan play depicting the legendary Trojan founders of the nation of England and of Troynovant (London). ... For other uses, see: 1597 (number). ... The Isle of Dogs is play by Thomas Nashe and Ben Jonson which was performed in 1597. ... Thomas Nashe (November 1567–1600?) was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... Title page of Richard II, from the fifth quarto, published in 1615. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... Every Man in His Humour was a 1598 play by British playwright Ben Jonson. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... 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New poetry

• 1514 – Francesco Maria Molzo translates Aeneid into Italian, in consecutive unrhymed verse (forerunner of Blank verse)

• 1557 – Giovanni Battista Giraldi – Ercole

• 1590 – Sir Philip Sidney – Arcadia

• 1591 – Sir Philip Sidney – Astrophel and Stella (published posthumously)

1592

• Henry Constable – Diana
• Michael Drayton – The Shepherd's Garland

• 1593 – Michael Drayton – Peirs Gaveston

• 1595 – Thomas Campion – Poemata

1596

• Sir John Davies – Orchestra, or a Poeme of Dauncing
• Edmund Spenser – The Faerie Queene

1599

• Sir John Davies – Hymnes of Astraea
• Sir John Davies – Nosce Teipsum
• George Peele – The Love of King David and Faire Bethsabe

1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blank verse is a type of poetry, distinguished by having a regular meter, but no rhyme. ... Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ... Giovanni Battista Giraldi (November, 1504 - December 30, 1573), surnamed Cynthitus, Cinthio or Cintio, was an Italian novelist and poet. ... Bold text{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style=margin-left: 15px; |- | align=center colspan=2 | Years: 1587 1588 1589 - 1590 - 1591 1592 1593 |-vdsf gno[gldw[pvkijxaiamknn csogfhbvdowkhbfkqhjkhrjkhwgfhbjkpnkfokfgok3pkpk9pjhkt9erktyujkip9kijker9thhrkg9hkitr9gtkih9t0ykltk[u0jo0iey9uhyit90ertyhige9rity9riyh9ujirtyuhjnh-4e9tyigh9thiuy0h8tyh34tu8uy8u8u8u8rtu5y8ru8thu0tru0ut0rhutuh0trhu0hseogtrhr8uyhju8t89er9te9r8fy8shit ass dick bitch fuck | align=center colspan=2 | Decades: 1560s 1570s 1580s - 1590s - 1600s 1610s 1620s |- | align=center | Centuries... Philip Sidney. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Year 1591 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Philip Sidney. ... The 1591 text of Astrophel and Stella Likely composed in the 1980s by Philip Sidney, Astrophel and Stella is the first of the famous English sonnet sequences, and contains 108 sonnets and 11 songs. ... Year 1592 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Henry Constable (1562 - 1613), poet, son of Sir Robert Constable, educated at Cambridge, but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, and acted as an agent for the Catholic powers. ... Drayton, 1628 Michael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. ... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... Drayton, 1628 Michael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... Thomas Campion, sometimes Campian (February 12, 1567 – March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. ... Events February 5 - 26 catholics crucified in Nagasaki, Japan. ... Sir John Davies (April 1569 – December 8, 1626) was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Una and the Lion by Briton Rivière The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser, published first in three books in 1590, and later in six books in 1596. ... Year 1599 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Sir John Davies (April 1569 – December 8, 1626) was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire. ... Sir John Davies (April 1569 – December 8, 1626) was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire. ... George Peele (1558 - c. ...

Births

• 1503 - Thomas Wyatt
• 1510 - Martynas Mažvydas
• 1515 - Roger Ascham
• 1517 - Henry Howard
• 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes
• 1551 - William Camden
• 1554 - Philip Sidney
• 1555 - Lancelot Andrewes
• 1558 - Robert Greene
• 1558 - Thomas Kyd
• 1561 - Luís de Góngora y Argote
• 1564 - Christopher Marlowe
• 1564 - William Shakespeare
• 1570 - Robert Aytoun
• 1572 - Ben Jonson
• 1576 - John Marston
• 1577 - Robert Burton
• 1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
• 1583 - Philip Massinger
• 1587 - Joost van den Vondel
• 1594 - James Howell

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Year 1547 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (IPA: in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. ... Year 1551 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... William Camden William Camden (May 2, 1551 - November 9, 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ... Philip Sidney. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... Lancelot Andrewes (1555 - September 25, 1626) was an English clergyman and scholar. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... Robert Greene Robert Greene, BA, MA, (1558 – September 3, 1592) was an English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... Thomas Kyd (1558 - 1594) was an English dramatist, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan drama. ... // Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Luis de Góngora y Argote (July 11, 1561 – May 24, 1627) was a Spanish lyric poet. ... Events March 27 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony... Christopher (Kit) Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593?) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... Events March 27 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... Sir Robert Ayton (1570 - 1638) was a Scottish poet. ... January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... For other persons of the same name, see Ben Johnson (disambiguation). ... Events May 5 - Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ... John Marston (October 7, 1576 - June 25, 1634) was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. ... Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. ... Robert Burton Robert Burton (February 8, 1577 – January 25, 1640) was an English scholar and vicar at Oxford University, best known for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Sculpture of P.C. Hooft in the castle Muiderslot Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (* March 16, 1581 - † May 21, 1647), was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Philip Massinger (1583 - 1640) was an English dramatist. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was born in the Große Witschgasse in Cologne. ... Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ... James Howell James Howell (c. ...

Deaths

• 1502 - Henry Medwall
• 1513 - Robert Fabyan
• 1552 - Alexander Barclay
• 1563 - John Bale
• 1563 - Martynas Mažvydas
• 1568 - Roger Ascham
• 1577 - George Gascoigne
• 1592 - Robert Greene
• 1593 - Christopher Marlowe
• 1594 - Thomas Kyd
• 1595 - Luis Barahona de Soto