1578 in literature
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- Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga is sent on a mission to ZaragozaZaragozaZaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
by King Philip II of SpainPhilip II of SpainPhilip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
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- Diogo de Paiva de AndradaDiogo de Paiva de AndradaDiogo de Paiva de Andrada was a Portuguese theologian, born at Coimbra, the son of the grand treasurer of Joao III. His original bent was towards foreign mission...
- Defensio Tridentinae Fidei (posthumously published) - George Best - A True Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discoverie…under the Conduct of Martin FrobisherMartin FrobisherSir Martin Frobisher was an English seaman who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage...
- John Florio - First Fruits
- Jaroš GriemillerJaroš GriemillerJaroš Griemiller of Třebsko was a Czech alchemist, remembered for his illuminated manuscript Rosarium philosophorum. He worked under Wilhelm von Rosenberg in the 1570s, and dedicated the Rosarium to him. He completed work on the manuscript in 1578 while he was working in Český Krumlov....
- Rosarium philosophorum - Gabriel HarveyGabriel HarveyGabriel Harvey was an English writer. Harvey was a notable scholar, though his reputation suffered from his quarrel with Thomas Nashe...
- Smithus, vel Musarum lachrymae - John LylyJohn LylyJohn Lyly was an English writer, best known for his books Euphues,The Anatomy of Wit and Euphues and His England. Lyly's linguistic style, originating in his first books, is known as Euphuism.-Biography:John Lyly was born in Kent, England, in 1553/1554...
- Euphues: the Anatomy of WitEuphues (1578)Euphues: The Anatomy of Wyt published in 1578 was a didactic romance written by John Lyly and followed two years later by Euphues and his England ; the term "Euphues" is derived from Greek meaning "graceful, witty". Lyly's mannered style is characterized by parallel arrangements and...
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- Thomas Lupton - All for Money published
- George WhetstoneGeorge WhetstoneGeorge Whetstone was an English dramatist and author.He was the third son of Robert Whetstone , a member of a wealthy family that owned the manor of Walcot at Barnack, near Stamford, Lincolnshire...
- Promos and Cassandra
Births
- April 2 - Francesco AmicoFrancesco AmicoFrancesco Amico was a prominent Roman Catholic theologian, b. in Cosenza, in Naples, 2 April 1578.He entered the Society of Jesus in 1596. For twenty-four years he was professor of theology at Naples, Aquila, and Gratz, and, for five years, chancellor in the academy of the last named place. He was...
, Italian theologian - June - Mary FittonMary FittonMary Fitton was the daughter of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth, Cheshire and Alice Halcroft, and is considered by some to be the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's sonnets. Her elder sister, Anne, married John Newdigate in 1587, at the age of fourteen...
, a candidate for Shakespeare's "Dark Lady" (d. 1647) - date unknown
- Giambattista AndreiniGiambattista AndreiniGiambattista Andreini was an Italian actor and playwright.-Life:Born in Florence to stage stars Isabella Andreini and Francesco Andreini, he had a great success as a comedian in Paris under the name of Leylio...
, Italian dramatist and actor (d. 1650) - Jacob BidermannJacob BidermannJacob Bidermann was born in the Austrian village of Ehingen, about 30 miles southwest of Ulm. He was a Jesuit priest and professor of theology, but is remembered mostly for his plays....
, German dramatist (d. 1627) - George HakewillGeorge HakewillGeorge Hakewill was an English clergyman and author.-Early life:Born in Exeter, he studied at Alban Hall, Oxford, where he was a noted disputant and orator and in June 1596, only a year after his matriculation and at the unusually early age of 18, he was elected a fellow of Exeter College. There...
, English clergyman and author (d. 1649)
- Giambattista Andreini
Deaths
- May 4 - Martin EisengreinMartin EisengreinMartin Eisengrein was a German Catholic theologian and polemical writer.-Biography:He was born of Protestant parents at Stuttgart. He studied the humanities at the Latin school of Stuttgart, and the liberal arts and philosophy at the University of Tübingen...
, German theologian and polemical writer (b. 1535) - date unknown - Johann StumpfJohann Stumpf (writer)Johann Stumpf was an early writer on the history and topography of Switzerland.He was born at Bruchsal , and was educated there and at Strasbourg and Heidelberg. In 1520 he became a cleric or chaplain in the order of the Knights Hospitaller...
, Swiss writer on history and topography (b. 1500)