1569 in literature
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Events
- Publication of the first complete Spanish translation of the Bible, Reina-ValeraReina-ValeraThe Reina-Valera is a Spanish translation of the Bible, first published in 1569 in Basel, Switzerland and nicknamed the "Biblia del Oso" . It was not the first complete Bible in Spanish; several others, most notably the Alfonsina Bible, were published in previous centuries...
(the "Bible of the Bear")
New books
- Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga - La AraucanaLa AraucanaLa Araucana is an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad...
, part 1 - Magdeburg CenturiesMagdeburg CenturiesThe Magdeburg Centuries is an ecclesiastical history, divided into thirteen centuries, covering thirteen hundred years, ending in 1298; it was first published from 1559 to 1574. It was compiled by several Lutheran scholars in Magdeburg, known as the Centuriators of Magdeburg. The chief of the...
, vol. XII
Births
- January 2 - Heribert RosweydeHeribert RosweydeHeribert Rosweyde was a Jesuit hagiographer. His work, quite unfinished, was taken up by Jean Bolland who systematized it, while broadening its perspective. This is the beginning of the association of the Bollandists.-Research:He entered the Society of Jesus in 1588...
, hagiographer (died 1629) - April 16 - Sir John DaviesJohn Davies (poet)Sir John Davies was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire.-Early life:...
, English poet (died 1626) - date unknown
- Guillén de Castro y BellvisGuillén de Castro y BellvisGuillén de Castro y Bellvis was a Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age.A Valencian by birth, he soon achieved a literary reputation. In 1591 he joined a local literary academy called the Nocturnos...
, Spanish dramatist (died 1631) - Heo GyunHeo GyunHeo Gyun was a prominent Korean politician, scholar, and writer of the Joseon dynasty. He was born of a noble family and passed the nation's highest civil services exams in 1594...
, Korean politician, scholar, and writer (died 1618) - Emilia LanierEmilia LanierEmilia Lanier, also spelled Lanyer, was the first Englishwoman to assert herself as a professional poet through her single volume of poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum...
, first English professional woman poet (died 1645) - Hieronymus MedicesHieronymus MedicesHieronymus Medices , was a Roman Catholic philosopher and interpreter of the works of Thomas Aquinas; b. 1569 in Camerino, Umbria, the origin of his surname de Medicis a Camerino.He was clothed with the Dominican habit at Ancona...
, philosopher and editor of the work of Thomas AquinasThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis... - Piotr ZbylitowskiPiotr ZbylitowskiPiotr Zbylitowski was a Polish poet. Courtier of Stanisław Górka and Stanisław Czarnkowski. In his satirical dialogues—Rozmowa szlachcica polskiego z cudzoziemcem , Przygana wymyślnym strojom białogłowskim , Schadzka ziemiańska —he often critizies some customs of the Polish nobility, mainly...
, Polish poet and satirist (died 1649)
- Guillén de Castro y Bellvis
- probable - Barnabe BarnesBarnabe BarnesBarnabe Barnes , was an English poet. He is known for his Petrarchan love sonnets and for his combative personality, involving feuds with other writers and culminating in an alleged attempted murder.-Early life:...
, poet and dramatist (died 1609)
Deaths
- January 20 - Myles CoverdaleMyles CoverdaleMyles Coverdale was a 16th-century Bible translator who produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English.-Life:...
, translator of the Bible (b. c. 1488) - May 10 - Saint John of AvilaJohn of AvilaSaint John of Ávila, Apostle of Andalusia was a Roman Catholic priest, Spanish preacher, scholastic author, religious mystic and saint...
, preacher and author (born 1500) - September 5 - Bernardo TassoBernardo TassoBernardo Tasso , born in Bergamo, was an Italian courtier and poet.He was, for many years, secretary in the service of the prince of Salerno, and his wife Porzia de Rossi was closely connected with the most illustrious Neapolitan families...
, Italian poet (born 1493) - September/October - Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (born 1505)
- October 20 - João de BarrosJoão de BarrosJoão de Barros , called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia , a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.-Early years:...
, Portuguese historian (born 1496) - November 29 - António FerreiraAntónio FerreiraAntónio Ferreira was a Portuguese poet and the foremost representative of the classical school, founded by Francisco de Sá de Miranda. His most considerable work, Castro, is the first tragedy in Portuguese, and the second in modern European literature.-His life:Ferreira was a native of Lisbon...
, Portuguese poet (born 1528) - date unknown - Georg PictoriusGeorg PictoriusGeorg Pictorius of Villingen was a physician and an author of the German Renaissance.He became active as a physician from 1540 in Ensisheim...
, physician and author (born c. 1500)