1576 in literature

Overview of the events of 1576 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1576.

## Events

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* December – James Burbage opens The Theatre, the second permanent public playhouse in London (and the first to have a substantial life – 22 years), ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama.[1]
* unknown dates
* The composer Richard Farrant opens the first Blackfriars Theatre in London, presenting plays performed by the Children of the Chapel.[2]
* The composer Thomas Whythorne writes a Booke of songs and sonetts with longe discourses sett with them [sic], an early example of autobiographical writing in English.

## New books

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### Prose

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* Jean Bodin – Les Six livres de la République (The Six Books of the Republic)
* Ulpian Fulwell – Ars adulandi, or, The Art of Flattery (dialogues)
* Étienne de La Boétie (died 1563) – Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (Discours de la servitude volontaire, published as Le Contr'un)
* George Pettie – A Petite Palace of Pettie His Pleasure
* Peter Martyr Vermigli (died 1562; edited by Robert le Maçon) – Loci Communes
* George Whetstone – The Rocke of Regard

### Drama

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* Luigi Pasqualigo – Il Fedele
* George Wapull – The Tide Tarrieth No Man published[3]

### Poetry

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* See 1576 in poetry
* Tulsidas – Ramcharitmanas
* The Paradise of Dainty Devices, the most popular of the Elizabethan verse miscellanies

## Births

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* January 12 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian (died 1660)[4]
* May 27 – Caspar Schoppe, German controversialist (died 1649)[5]
* June 6 – Giovanni Diodati, Bible translator (died 1649)[6]
* October – John Marston, English dramatist and poet (died 1634)[7]
* October 30 – Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian historian (died 1631)[8]
* unknown dates
* William Ames, English philosopher (died 1633)[9]
* Johann Bogermann, Dutch translator (died 1637)
* Samuel Collins, theologian (died 1651)
* Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Elizabethan poet (died 1638)
* Goldastus, Swiss Calvinist historian (died 1635)
* John Weever, English poet and antiquary (died 1632)

## Deaths

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* January 19 – Hans Sachs, German poet and dramatist (born 1494)[10]
* February 10 – Wilhelm Xylander, German classical scholar (born 1532)[11]
* March 18 – Johann Stössel, German Lutheran theologian (born 1524; died in prison)
* May 2 – Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish theologian (born 1503)
* June 30 – Franciscus Sonnius, Flemish theologian (born 1506)
* October 14 – Konrad Heresbach, Calvinist writer (born 1496)
* unknown dates
* Basil Faber, German theologian (born 1520)
* Aloysius Lilius, Italian philosopher (born c. 1510)[12]
* Lancelot Ridley, English theologian[13]
* Mavro Vetranović, Croatian Benedictine poet and author (born 1482)

## References

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1. ^ "James Burbage". Elizabethan Era. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
2. ^ Flood, W. H. Grattan (1924-11-01). "New Light on Late Tudor Composers: IV. Richard Farrant". The Musical Times. 65 (981): 989. doi:10.2307/911576. JSTOR 911576.
3. ^ Wapull, George (May 2010). The Tide Tarrieth No Man. ISBN 9781161723649. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
4. ^ "Petrus Scriverius". Met Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
5. ^ "Caspar Schoppe". Study Light. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
6. ^ "Giovanni Diodati". Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
7. ^ "John Marston". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
8. ^ "Enrico Caterino Davila". Encyclopedia 123. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
9. ^ "William Ames". A Puritan's Mind. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
10. ^ "Hans Sachs". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
11. ^ "Wilhelm Xylander". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
12. ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1983. p. 602\. ISBN 978-0-85229-400-0.
13. ^ Charles Henry Cooper (22 March 2012). Memorials of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. p. 39\. ISBN 978-1-108-04394-6.

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