1590 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1590.
Events
- January â The Children of Paul's perform at the English Court twice in the first week; one of the plays act may be John Lyly's Midas. Later this year they are banned from performing over of the involvement of Lily, their chief script-writer, in the Marprelate controversy.
- unknown date â The Teatro all'antica at Sabbioneta (Italy), designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is completed.
New books
- Robert Greene
- Greene's Mourning Garment[1]
- Never Too Late
- Thomas Lodge â Rosalynde
- Thomas Nashe â An Almond for a Parrat
New drama
- Anonymous (approximate date)
- Robert Greene
- The Comical History of Alphonsus, King of Aragon (approximate date)
- The History of Orlando Furioso
- The Scottish History of James the Fourth (approximate date)
- with Thomas Lodge â A Looking Glass for London (approximate date)
- Christopher Marlowe â Tamburlaine (both parts published)
- George Peele â Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First
- Robert Wilson â The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London (published)
Poetry
- Sir Philip Sidney â Arcadia
- Edmund Spenser â The Faerie Queene, Books 1â3
Births
- January 30 â Lady Anne Clifford, English literary patron (died 1676)
- March 18 â Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (died 1649)
- June 24 â Samuel Ampzing, Dutch poet (died 1632)
- July 26 â Johannes Crellius, German-born Polish theologian (died 1633)
- September 12 â MarÃa de Zayas, Spanish poet and dramatist (died 1661)
- October 11[2] (or December)[3] â William Pynchon, English-born New England theologian (died 1662)
- unknown dates
- Alonso Andrada, Spanish biographer (died 1672)
- François Annat, French anti-Jansenist theologian (died 1670)[4]
- Thomas Carve, Irish historian writing in Latin (died c. 1672)
- Faqi Tayran, Kurdish poet (died 1660)
- Grigore Ureche, Moldavian chronicler (died 1647)
- Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (died 1626)[5]
Deaths
- January 7 â Jakob Andreae, German theologian (born 1528)
- February 1 â Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian (born c. 1527)
- March â Petru Cercel, Wallachian prince and poet
- July â Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, French poet (born 1544)
- September 20 â Robert Garnier, French poet (born 1544)
- November 23 â André Thévet, French cosmographer (born 1502)
- November 29 â Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German poet and dramatist (born 1547)
- December 5 â Johann Habermann, German theologian (born 1516)
- probable
- Lambert Daneau, French theologian (born c. 1535)
- Giuseppe Leggiadri Gallani, Italian poet and dramatist (born 1516)