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- The RoseThe Rose (theatre)The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre , the Curtain , and the theatre at Newington Butts The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre (1576), the Curtain (1577),...
theatre is built by Philip HenslowePhilip HenslowePhilip Henslowe was an Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario. Henslowe's modern reputation rests on the survival of his diary, a primary source for information about the theatrical world of Renaissance London...
in SouthwarkSouthwarkSouthwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
. - Torquato TassoTorquato TassoTorquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata , in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem...
travels to Rome to stay with Scipione GonzagaScipione GonzagaScipione Gonzaga was an Italian Cardinal.Born in Mantua, he belonged to the family of the Dukes of Sabbioneta, passed his youth under the care of Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga, and made rapid progress in Greek and Latin studies...
, Patriarch of Jerusalem.
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- George GiffordGeorge GiffordGeorge Gifford was a Puritan preacher at Maldon, Essex.-Life:Gifford was born in Dry Drayton, near Cambridge and attended Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1570 and MA in 1573. He afterwards lived at Maldon, but was discharged from the priesthood for refusing to subscribe to Archbishop...
- A discourse of the subtill practises of deuilles by witches and sorcerers - Raphael HolinshedRaphael HolinshedRaphael Holinshed was an English chronicler, whose work, commonly known as Holinshed's Chronicles, was one of the major sources used by William Shakespeare for a number of his plays....
- Holinshed's ChroniclesHolinshed's ChroniclesHolinshed's Chronicles, also known as Holinsheds Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, is a collaborative work published in several volumes and two editions, the first in 1577, and the second in 1587....
, 2nd edition, revised - John PenryJohn PenryJohn Penry is Wales's most famous Protestant martyr.-Early life:He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic; but soon...
- The Æquity of an Humble Supplication - William Rankins - A Mirror of Monsters
Births
- June 21 - Kaspar von BarthKaspar von BarthKaspar von Barth was a German philologist and writer.Barth was born at Küstrin in the Neumark region of Brandenburg. A precocious child, he was looked upon as a marvel of learning. After studying at Gotha, Eisenach, Wittenberg, and Jena, he travelled extensively, visiting most of the countries of...
, German philologist (d. 1658) - November 17 - Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
, Dutch dramatist (d. 1679) - date unknown
- Michael AlfordMichael AlfordMichael Alford was an English Jesuit missionary. He left two major works, Britannia Illustrata, Annales Ecclesiastici et Civiles Britannorum also known as Annales Ecclesiae Britannicae....
, English Jesuit writer (d. 1652) - Francesco AngeloniFrancesco AngeloniFrancesco Angeloni was an Italian writer, historian, and collector of classical antiquities.Born in Terni in Umbria — a region of Italy at that time part of the Papal States — he studied in Perugia then moved to Rome where he served as secretary of cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew...
, Italian historian (d. 1652) - Nathan Field, English dramatist (d. 1620)
- Arthur Johnston, Scottish poet (d. 1641)
- Francis KynastonFrancis KynastonSir Francis Kynaston or Kinaston was an English courtier and poet, noted for his translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde into Latin verse ; he also made a Latin translation of Henryson's The Testament of Cresseid.-Life:He was born at Oteley, near Ellesmere, Shropshire, eldest son...
, English poet (d. 1642) - Alexander LeightonAlexander LeightonAlexander Leighton was a Scottish medical doctor and puritan preacher and pamphleteer best known for his 1630 pamphlet that attacked the Anglican church and which led to his torture by King Charles I.-Early life:...
, Scottish pamphleteer (d. c. 1644)
- Michael Alford
Deaths
- March 15 - Kaspar OlevianusKaspar OlevianusKaspar Olevianus was a significant German Reformed theologian during the Protestant Reformation and along with Zacharius Ursinus was said to be co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism...
, German Protestant theologian (b. 1536) - April 18 - John FoxeJohn FoxeJohn Foxe was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of what is popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, , an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the fourteenth century through the...
, martyrologist (b. 1517) - September 19 - PameliusPameliusJacobus Pamelius was a Flemish theologian.He was born at Bruges and educated at the Cistercian Abbey of Boneffe in the Province of Namur. He studied philosophy at Louvain, and on 27 March 1553, he was promoted magister artium...
, Belgian theologian (b. 1536) - November
- Catherine Des RochesCatherine Des RochesCatherine Fradonnet , called Catherine Des Roches, was a French woman writer of the Renaissance.She was the daughter of Madeleine Des Roches, née Madeleine Neveu and of André Fradonnet, seigneur Des Roches, the procurer of Poitiers...
, French poet and author (b. 1542), and her mother - Madeleine Des RochesMadeleine Des RochesMadeleine Des Roches was a French woman writer of the Renaissance. She was the mother of Catherine Fradonnet, called Catherine Des Roches , to whom she taught poetry, literature and ancient languages.Madeleine Neveu married André Fradonnet, seigneur Des Roches, the procurer of Poitiers around 1539...
, French poet and author (b. c. 1520)
- Catherine Des Roches
- date unknown
- Dudley FennerDudley FennerDudley Fenner was an English puritan divine. He helped popularize Ramist logic in the English language. Fenner was also one of the first theologians to use the term "covenant of works" to describe God's relationship with Adam in the Book of Genesis.-Life:He was born in Kent and educated at...
, English theologian (b. c. 1558)
- Dudley Fenner