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- Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki - De optimo senatoreDe optimo senatoreDe optimo senatore was a book by Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki published in Venice in 1568, republished in Basel , and then translated into English and published in 1598 and in 1607....
- Petar HektorovićPetar HektorovicPetar Hektorović was a Croatian writer.Hektorović was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature...
- Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen) - Giorgio VasariGiorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari was an Italian painter, writer, historian, and architect, who is famous today for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.-Biography:...
- Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and ArchitectsLives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and ArchitectsThe Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a series of artist biographies written by 16th century...
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Poetry
- François d'AmboiseFrançois d'AmboiseFrançois d'Amboise was a French jurist and writer. He was counseller to the Parlement of Brittany and advocate general to the Grand Conseil.- Biography :...
- Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de MontmorencyAnne de MontmorencyAnne de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency, Honorary Knight of the Garter was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France.-Early life:... - See also 1568 in poetry1568 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Simwnt Fychan appointed "pencerdd", or senior bard, by Elizabeth I of England...
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- January 20 - Daniel CramerDaniel CramerDaniel Cramer was a German Lutheran theologian and writer from Reetz , Brandenburg. He was an opponent of the Ramists and the Jesuits.-Life:He became professor and archdeacon at Stettin...
, Lutheran theologian (d. 1637) - February 11 - Honoré d'UrféHonoré d'UrféHonoré d'Urfé, marquis de Valromey, comte de Châteauneuf was a French novelist and miscellaneous writer.- Life :...
, novelist (d. 1625) - July 7 - Richard BurbageRichard BurbageRichard Burbage was an English actor and theatre owner. He was the younger brother of Cuthbert Burbage. They were both actors in drama....
, actor and theatre owner (d. 1619) - September 5 - Tommaso CampanellaTommaso CampanellaTommaso Campanella OP , baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet.-Biography:...
, philosopher and poet (d. 1639) - date unknown
- Richard BakerRichard Baker (chronicler)Sir Richard Baker was the English author of the Chronicle of the Kings of England and other works.-Life:He was probably born at Sissinghurst in Kent, the grandson of Sir John Baker, the first Chancellor of the Exchequer. He entered Hart Hall, Oxford, as a commoner in 1584...
, chronicler (d. 1645) - Clemens TimplerClemens TimplerClemens Timpler was a German philosopher, physicist and theologian.Along with Jakob Degen , he is considered the most important Protestant metaphysician, establishing the Protestant Reformed Neuscholastik....
, philosopher (d. 1624) - Sir Henry WottonHenry WottonSir Henry Wotton was an English author and diplomat. He is often quoted as saying, "An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country." -Life:The son of Thomas Wotton , brother of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton, and grandnephew of the diplomat...
, diplomat and author (d. 1639)
- Richard Baker
Deaths
- April 7 - Onofrio PanvinioOnofrio PanvinioThe erudite Augustinian Onofrio Panvinio or Onuphrius Panvinius was an Italian historian and antiquary, who was librarian to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese....
, historian (b. 1529) - September 14 - Jan van CasembrootJan van CasembrootJan van Casembroot was a South-Holland noble and poet. He was lord of Bekkerzeel, Zellik, Kobbegem, Berchem and Fenain.-Life:...
, Flemish humanist poet (born c.1525) (executed) - December 23 - Roger AschamRoger AschamRoger Ascham was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education...
, didactic writer (b. c. 1515) - date unknown
- Antoine HéroetAntoine HéroetAntoine Héroet, surnamed La Maison-Neuve , French poet, was born in Paris of a family connected with the well known chancellor, François Olivier....
, poet - Garcia de OrtaGarcia de OrtaGarcia de Orta was a Portuguese Renaissance Sephardi Jewish physician and naturalist. He was a pioneer of tropical medicine.- Life :...
, naturalist, medical writer and friend of Luís de CamõesLuís de CamõesLuís Vaz de Camões is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas... - Dirk PhilipsDirk PhilipsDirk Philips was an early Anabaptist writer and theologian. He was one of the peaceful disciples of Melchior Hoffman and later joined Menno Simons in laying out practical doctrines for what would become the Mennonite church.- Biography :...
, Anabaptist theologian (b. 1504)
- Antoine Héroet