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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of1616.

Events

January 1 – KingJames I of England attends themasqueThe Golden Age Restored, a satire byBen Jonson on a fallen court favorite, theEarl of Somerset. The King asks for a repeat performance on January 4.
February 1 – King James I of England grantsBen Jonson an annual pension of 100marks, making himde factopoet laureate.^[1]
March 5 –Nicolaus Copernicus'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543) is placed on theIndex Librorum Prohibitorum by the Roman Catholic Church.
March 19 – SirWalter Ralegh,English explorer of theNew World, is released from theTower of London, where he was imprisoned for treason and has been composingThe Historie of the World, in order to conduct a second (ill-fated) expedition in search ofEl Dorado inSouth America.^[2]
April 22 (Gregorian calendar) –Miguel de Cervantes dies (three days after completingLos Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda) in Madrid and is buried the following day in the Trinitarias convent there.
April 23 (Julian calendar) –William Shakespeare dies (on or about his 52nd birthday) in retirement inStratford-upon-Avon and is buried two days later in theChurch of the Holy Trinity there.
June 10 – Foundation date of Ets Haim Library, housed from 1675 at thePortuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam).
August –Christopher Beeston acquires the lease of theCockpit offDrury Lane in London and converts it into a theatre.^[3]
October/November –Ben Jonson's satirical five-act comedyThe Devil is an Ass is produced at theBlackfriars Theatre, London, by theKing's Men, poking fun at contemporary belief in witchcraft (published 1631).
November 6/25 –Ben Jonson's works appear in a collectedfolio edition; the first of any English playwright.^[4]^[5]
December 25 – Ben Jonson'sChristmas, His Masque is presented before King James I of England.
unknown date – Marie Venier, called Laporte, becomes the first female player to appear on thestage inParis.^[6]

New books

Prose

Johannes Valentinus Andreae (claimed) –Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz Anno 1459 ("The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz")
Christoph Besold –Axiomata Philosophico-Theologica
Dr.John Bullokar –An English Expositor: teaching the interpretation of the hardest words used in our language, with sundry explications, descriptions and discourses (dictionary)
George Chapman –The Whole Works of Homer (Chapman's translations ofHomer, previously issued in piecemeal fashion)^[7]
Philipp Clüver –Germania Antiqua
FrayMartín de Murúa –Historia General del Pirú
Francis de Sales,Roman Catholic Bishop of Geneva –Treatise on the Love of God
John Deacon –Tobacco Tortured in the Filthy Fumes of Tobacco Refined
Thomas Dekker –The Artillery Garden
Robert Fludd –Apologia Compendiaria, Fraternitatem de Rosea Cruce suspicionis
Johannes Gysius –Oorsprong en voortgang der Nederlandtscher beroerten (Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands)^[8]
Ben Jonson –The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (the first folio collection)
Captain John Smith –A Description of New England
Giulio Cesare Vanini –De admirandis naturae reginae deaeque mortalium arcanis

Drama

Anonymous –The Barriers
Francis Beaumont andJohn Fletcher –The Scornful Lady published
Gerbrand Bredero –Treur-spel van Rodd'rick ende Alphonsus;Griane;Lucelle
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft –Warenar
Ben Jonson
Christopher Marlowe (k. 1593) –Doctor Faustus (third quarto published – the "B text"; original text probably written around 1589; additions perhaps bySamuel Rowley and others)
Thomas Middleton –The Witch (latest probable date)^[9]
Anthony Munday –Chrysanaleia

Poetry

Main article:1616 in poetry

Agrippa d'Aubigné –Les Tragiques
George Chapman –The Whole Works of Homer (first publication of full English translation)^[10]
Ben Jonson – "To Celia" and "On my first Sonne"

Births

January 26 –Ralph Josselin, English diarist and Anglican cleric (died1683)^[11]
March 24 –John Birkenhead, English political writer and journalist (died1679)
April 27 –Jeremias Felbinger, German Socinian writer (died c. 1690)
October 11 –Andreas Gryphius,Silesian poet and dramatist (died1664)
October 16 –Nicholas Culpeper, English herbalist, physician and astrologer (died1664)
November 17(baptized) –William Gurnall, English writer and cleric (died1679)
December 17 –Roger L'Estrange, English pamphleteer (died1704)
unknown date –John Owen, English theologian (died1683)

Shakespeare's gravestone

Deaths

January 6 –Philip Henslowe, English theatre impresario (born1550)
February 13 –Anders Sørensen Vedel, Danish historian (born1542)
March 6 –Francis Beaumont, English dramatist (born1584)
April 22 (Gregorian calendar) –Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist (born1547)
April 23 (Julian calendar) –William Shakespeare, English dramatist and poet (born1564)^[12]
April 23 (Gregorian calendar) –Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian Spanish chronicler (born1539)
August 7 –Vincenzo Scamozzi, Venetian writer on architecture (born1548)
November 23 –Richard Hakluyt, English travel writer (born1553)
unknown date -Dorothy Leigh, English writer remembered forThe Mother's Blessing, 1616 (born, unknown date)

References

^Donaldson, Ian (2004)."Jonson, Benjamin (1572–1637)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15116. Retrieved2012-10-09.(subscription orUK public library membership required)
^Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
^Wickham, Glynne (1972).Early English Stages 1300 to 1660, Vol.2, 1576 to 1660, PartII. London: Routledge. p. 117.
^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 170–172.ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^Bland, M. (1998). "William Stansby and the production of theWorkes of Beniamin Jonson, 1615–16".The Library.20.Bibliographical Society: 10.doi:10.1093/library/20.1.1.
^Searles, Colbert (1925). "Allusions to the Contemporary Theater of 1616 by Francois Osset".Modern Language Notes.40 (8):481–483.
^O. Classe; [Anonymus AC02468681] (2000).Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. Taylor & Francis. p. 261.ISBN 978-1-884964-36-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II".World Digital Library. 1620. Retrieved2013-08-25.
^Logan, Terence P.; Smith, Denzell S., eds. (1975).The Popular School: A Survey and Bibliography of Recent Studies in English Renaissance Drama. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 69.
^Date evidence, etc.Retrieved 12 September 2017.Archived 2017-09-13 at theWayback Machine
^Hockcliffe, E., ed. (1908).The diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin. Great Britain: Royal Historical Society. p. 6.
^"William Shakespeare: The life and legacy of England's bard".BBC Timelines. Retrieved11 May 2019.

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