1575 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1575.
Events
- July â Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.[1]
- September 26 â Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Barbary pirates.
- unknown date
- The first primer in the Estonian language is published.
- First printed version of Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor appears. It was originally written in 1335.
New books
Prose
- Anonymous â Arbatel de magia veterum[2]
- Ulpian Fulwell â The Flower of Fame (appendices in verse)
Drama
- George Gascoigne â The Glass of Government
Poetry
- Veronica Franco â Terze rime
Births
- April â Jakob Böhme, German theologian (died 1624)
- August 14 â Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (died 1624)
- August 15 â Bartol KaÅ¡iÄ, Croatian linguist (died 1650)
- Unknown dates
- David Calderwood, Scottish historian (died 1650)
- John Cotta, English physician and writer (died 1650)
- Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Italian Jesuit scholar (died 1655)
- Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (died 1626)
- William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (died 1641)
Deaths
- March 11 â Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian writing in Latin (born 1520)
- June 9 â Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
- July 14 â Richard Taverner, English Bible translator (born c. 1505)
- August 14 â Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (born 1503)
- September 17 â Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (born 1504)[3]
- December 1 â Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (born 1528)
- December 18 â Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (born 1495)
- unknown dates
- Sir William Stevenson, English poet (born 1530)
- Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer (born 1508)