1581 in literature
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- Stationer Thomas Marsh publishes Seneca's Tragedies in English, a collected edition of ten dramas written by Seneca the YoungerSeneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
(or attributed to him), translated by Jasper HeywoodJasper HeywoodJasper Heywood, SJ , son of John Heywood, translated into English three plays of Seneca, the Troas , the Thyestes and Hercules Furens ....
, John StudleyJohn StudleyJohn Studley was an English academic, known as a translator of Seneca. He contributed to the Seneca his tenne tragedies translated into English , compiled by Thomas Newton and the sole printed translations of Seneca available in Elizabethan England; some echoes of his work have been detected in...
, Alexander NevilleAlexander Neville (scholar)-Life:He was brother of Thomas Neville, dean of Canterbury, and son of Richard Neville of South Leverton, Nottinghamshire, by Anne, daughter of Sir Walter Mantell of Heyford, Northamptonshire. His mother's sister Margaret was mother of Barnabe Googe...
, Thomas NewtonThomas Newton (poet)Thomas Newton was an English physician, clergyman, poet, author and translator.-Life:The eldest son of Edward Newton of Park House, in Butley, a part of the parish of Prestbury, Cheshire, he was educated first at the Macclesfield grammar school by John Brownsword, a much-praised schoolmaster...
, and Thomas NuceThomas Nuce-Life:He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1559. He then graduated B.A. from Pembroke Hall in 1562, M.A. 1565, and B.D. in 1572. He was in 1562 a fellow of Pembroke....
. Most of the texts had been printed previously, from 1559 onward; but Newton's version of Thebais is new, and earlier printed texts of Studley's versions of Hercules Oetaeus and Hippolytus, if they ever existed, have not survived. - John DeeJohn DeeJohn Dee was a Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I.John Dee may also refer to:* John Dee , Basketball coach...
starts to write Libri mysteriorum I-XVIII (Spiritual Diaries).
New books
- Second Book of Discipline
- William LambardeWilliam LambardeWilliam Lambarde was an antiquarian and writer on legal subjects.-Life:Lambarde was born in London. His father was a draper , an alderman and a sheriff of London. In 1556, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn...
- Eirenarcha: or of the Office of the Justices of Peace - Ostrog BibleOstrog BibleThe Ostrog Bible was one of the earliest East Slavic translations of the Bible and the first complete printed edition of the Bible in Old Church Slavonic, published in Ostroh, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , by the printer Ivan Fyodorov in 1581 with the assistance of the Ruthenian Prince...
New drama
- Edward ForsettEdward ForsettEdward Forset was an English writer, known for political works and as a playwright.A justice of the peace, he was involved on the prosecution side of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot....
- Pedantius (LatinLatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
) - George PeeleGeorge PeeleGeorge Peele , was an English dramatist.-Life:Peele was christened on 25 July 1556. His father, who appears to have belonged to a Devonshire family, was clerk of Christ's Hospital, and wrote two treatises on bookkeeping...
The Arraignment of Paris (a pastoral) - Nathaniel Woodes - The Conflict of Conscience
Births
- January 4 - Archbishop James UssherJames UssherJames Ussher was Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625–56...
, Anglo-Irish scholar (died 1656) - March 16 - Pieter Corneliszoon HooftPieter Corneliszoon HooftPieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.-Life:...
, Dutch Golden Age writer (died 1647) - date unknown
- Henry AdamsonHenry AdamsonHenry Adamson , was a Scottish poet and historian.Henry was the son of James Adamson, Dean of the Merchant Guildry and Provost of Perth...
, Scottish poet and historian (died 1639) - Jeremias DrexelJeremias DrexelJeremias Drexel S.J. was a Jesuit writer of devotional literature and a professor of the humanities and rhetoric...
, Jesuit writer of devotional literature - Christoph HelvigChristoph HelvigChristoph Helvig was a German chronologist and historian, theologian and linguist.Helvig was born at Sprendlingen. In chronology he generally was a follower of Joseph Scaliger...
, German historian and theologian (died 1617) - Charles MalapertCharles MalapertCharles Malapert was a Belgian Jesuit writer, astronomer and proponent of Aristotelian cosmology. He was considered one of the intellectual champions of the Roman Catholic Church...
, Belgian Jesuit writer (died 1630) - Hieronim MorsztynHieronim MorsztynHieronim Morsztyn was a Polish poet. He is known as one of the earliest poets of the Polish baroque and sarmatism. His most popular poem is Światowa Rozkosz ....
, Polish poet (died 1623) - Sir Thomas OverburyThomas OverburySir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, and the victim of one of the most sensational crimes in English history...
, English poet and essayist (died 1613)
- Henry Adamson
- probable - Juan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de AlarcónJuan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza , one of the greatest Novohispanic dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain .-Genealogy:...
, Mexican dramatist (died 1639)
Deaths
- September 6 - Guillaume PostelGuillaume PostelGuillaume Postel was a French linguist, astronomer, Cabbalist, diplomat, professor, and religious universalist.Born in the village of Barenton in Basse-Normandie, Postel made his way to Paris to further his education...
, French linguist (b. 1510) - September 28 - Achilles StatiusAchilles StatiusAchilles Statius was a Portuguese humanist and writer, since 1555 living in Rome, where he was a secretary of the pope. Achilles Statius is now mostly known from his extensive Latin commentary to Catullus, published in 1566....
, Portuguese humanist writer (b. 1524) - September 29 - Andreas MusculusAndreas MusculusAndreas Musculus was a German Lutheran theologian. The name Musculus is a Latinized form of Meusel.Musculus was born in Schneeberg, Saxony, "generally called only Musculus" and educated in Leipzig and Wittenberg. He became professor in university of Frankfurt an der Oder...
, German theologian (b. 1514) - November 7 - Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. c1505)
- date unknown
- Morys Clynnog, Welsh language author (b. c. 1525))
- Georgette de MontenayGeorgette de MontenayGeorgette de Montenay was the French author of , published in Lyons between 1567-71. Montenay has always been regarded as a lady-in-waiting to Jeanne d'Albret, the Protestant Queen of Navarre, partly because she dedicated her work to the Queen...
, courtier and author of an emblem book (b. 1540) - Nicholas SandersNicholas SandersNicholas Sanders was an English Roman Catholic priest and polemicist.-Early life:Sanders was born at Chariwood , Surrey, the son of William Sanders, once sheriff of Surrey, who was descended from the Sanders of Sanderstead...
, English Catholic propagandist (b. 1530) - Thomas WilsonThomas Wilson (rhetorician)Thomas Wilson was an English diplomat, judge, and privy councillor in the government of Elizabeth I. He is now remembered for his Logique and The Arte of Rhetorique , an influential text...
, English rhetorician (b. 1524)