1562 in literature
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- Magdeburg CenturiesMagdeburg CenturiesThe Magdeburg Centuries is an ecclesiastical history, divided into thirteen centuries, covering thirteen hundred years, ending in 1298; it was first published from 1559 to 1574. It was compiled by several Lutheran scholars in Magdeburg, known as the Centuriators of Magdeburg. The chief of the...
, volumes V and VI - Melchior CanoMelchior CanoMelchior Cano was a Spanish Scholastic theologian.-Clerical life:He was born in Tarancón, New Castile, and joined the Dominican Order in Salamanca, where by 1546 he had succeeded Francisco de Vitoria to the theological chair in the university. A man of deep learning and originality, proud and a...
- De Locis theologicis (posthumously published) - Petrus RamusPetrus RamusPetrus Ramus was an influential French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. A Protestant convert, he was killed during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.-Early life:...
- Grammaire française - Richard Smyth - De Missa Sacrificio
- Jacques de la Taille - Maniére de faire des vers en français comme en grec et en Latin
New drama
- Thomas NortonThomas NortonThomas Norton was an English lawyer, politician, writer of verse — but not, as has been claimed, the chief interrogator of Queen Elizabeth I.-Official career:...
& Thomas SackvilleThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of DorsetThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman, poet, dramatist and Freemason. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer.-Biography:...
- GorboducGorboduc (play)Gorboduc, also titled Ferrex and Porrex, is an English play from 1561. It was performed before Queen Elizabeth I on 18 January 1562, by the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple...
Poetry
- Arthur Brooke - The Tragical History of Romeus and JulietThe Tragical History of Romeus and JulietThe Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet is a narrative poem, first published in 1562 by Arthur Brooke, who is reported to have translated it from an Italian novella by Matteo Bandello...
Births
- January 20 - Ottavio RinucciniOttavio RinucciniOttavio Rinuccini was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras...
, poet (d. 1621) - March 27 - Jacob GretserJacob GretserJacob Gretser was a celebrated German Jesuit writer.-Life:Gretser was born at Markdorf in the Diocese of Constance. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1578, and nine years later he defended publicly theses covering the whole field of theology...
, Jesuit writer (d. 1625) - August - Bartolomé Leonardo de ArgensolaBartolomé Leonardo de ArgensolaBartolomé Leonardo de Argensola , Spanish poet and historian, was baptized at Barbastro on August 26, 1562.He studied at Huesca, took orders, and was presented to the rectory of Villahermosa in 1588. He was attached to the suite of the count de Lemos, viceroy of Naples, in 1610, and succeeded his...
, poet and historian (d. 1631) - November 25 - Lope de VegaLope de VegaFélix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature...
, poet and dramatist (d. 1635) - date unknown
- Samuel DanielSamuel DanielSamuel Daniel was an English poet and historian.-Early life:Daniel was born near Taunton in Somerset, the son of a music-master. He was the brother of lutenist and composer John Danyel. Their sister Rosa was Edmund Spenser's model for Rosalind in his The Shepherd's Calendar; she eventually married...
, poet (d. 1619) - Johann MechtelJohann MechtelJohann Mechtel was a chronicler; b. 1562 in Pfalzel near Trier ; d. after 1631, perhaps as late as 1653 in Trier. He is often named Pfalzel after his native town where he first studied and then went to the University of Trier, conducted by the Jesuits, where the historian Christopher Brote acquired...
, chronicler (d. c. 1631)
- Samuel Daniel
Deaths
- July 23 - Götz von BerlichingenGötz von BerlichingenGottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen and also known as Götz of the Iron Hand, was a German Imperial Knight and mercenary....
, German knight immortalised by GoetheJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
(b. c. 1480) - September 5 - Katharina ZellKatharina ZellKatharina Zell née Schütz was a German Protestant writer during the Reformation. She was wife of Matthias Zell/Matthäus Zell, one of the first priests to marry, and be excommunicated for marrying. After his death she continued his work...
, Protestant writer (b. c. 1497) - November 12 - Pietro Martire VermigliPietro Martire VermigliPeter Martyr Vermigli , sometimes simply Peter Martyr, was an Italian theologian of the Reformation period.-Life:...
, theologian (b. 1499) - date unknown - Pierre de Bocosel de ChastelardPierre de Bocosel de ChastelardPierre de Bocosel de Chastelard , French poet, was born in Dauphiné; a scion of the house of Bayard, grandson of Chevalier de Bayard. His name is inseparably connected with Mary, Queen of Scots, for whom he conceived an insane passion....
, poet (b. 1540) (executed)