1589 in literature
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- The Children of Paul'sChildren of Paul'sThe Children of Paul's was the name of a troupe of boy actors in Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Along with the Children of the Chapel, the Children of Paul's were the most important of the companies of boy players that constituted a distinctive feature of English Renaissance theatre.St...
perform twice at the English royal court during the first two weeks of January.
New books
- "Jane Anger" (pseudonum) - Protection for Women
- Giovanni BoteroGiovanni BoteroGiovanni Botero was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, best known for his work Della ragion di Stato . In this work, he argued against the amoral political philosophy associated with Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, not only because it lacked a Christian foundation but also because...
- Della ragione di Stato (The Reason of StateThe Reason of StateThe Reason of State is a work of political philosophy by Italian Jesuit Giovanni Botero. It as first published in Venice in 1589, and is most notable for criticizing methods of statecraft associated with Machiavelli and presenting economics as an aspect of politics....
) - Robert GreeneRobert Greene (16th century)Robert Greene was an English author best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, widely believed to contain a polemic attack on William Shakespeare. He was born in Norwich and attended Cambridge University, receiving a B.A. in 1580, and an M.A...
- Menaphon - 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...
(attr.) - Pappe with an Hatchet, part of the Marprelate ControversyMarprelate ControversyThe Marprelate Controversy was a war of pamphlets waged in England and Wales in 1588 and 1589, between a puritan writer who employed the pseudonym Martin Marprelate, and defenders of the Established Church.... - Lorenzo ScupoliLorenzo ScupoliLorenzo Scupoli was the author of Il combattimento spirituale , one of the most important works of Catholic spirituality.-Life:...
- Il combattimento spirituale
New drama
- Girolamo Bargagli - La Pellegrina (The Pilgrim Woman)
- The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune (anonymous) (publication date)
Births
- date unknown
- Heinrich PetraeusHeinrich PetraeusHeinrich Petraeus was a German physician and writer. He is known for his Nosologia harmonica dogmatica et hermetica . It was an attempt to find concord in rival medical theories of the time.- Notes :...
, physician and writer (d. 1620) - Antonio de León PineloAntonio de Leon PineloAntonio de León Pinelo was a Spanish-colonial historian .Pinelo was born in Cordova de Tucuman, and educated in the College of the Jesuits of Lima. He travelled to Spain in 1612 and became attorney of the council of the Indies...
, historian (d. c. 1675)
- Heinrich Petraeus
Deaths
- March 23 - Marcin KromerMarcin KromerMarcin Kromer or Martin Cromer was Prince-Bishop of Warmia , a cartographer, diplomat and historian in Poland and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
, Polish historian (b. 1512) - September 16 - Michael BaiusMichael BaiusMichael Baius was a Belgian theologian. He came up with the school of thought Baianism.He was born at Meslin L'Eveque near Ath in Hainaut as Michel De Bay. Educated at the Catholic University of Leuven, he studied philosophy and theology with distinguished success, and was rewarded by a series of...
, Belgian theologian (b. 1513) - September 19 - Jean-Antoine de BaïfJean-Antoine de BaïfJean Antoine de Baïf was a French poet and member of the Pléiade.-Life:He was born in Venice, the natural son of the scholar Lazare de Baïf, who was at that time French ambassador at Venice...
, French poet (b. 1532) - October 12 - Samuel de MedinaSamuel de MedinaRabbi Samuel ben Moses de Medina , was a Talmudist and author; born 1505; died October 12, 1589, at Salonica. He was principal of the Talmudic college of that city, which produced a great number of prominent scholars during the 16th and 17th centuries...
, Talmudist and author (b. 1505) - October 15 - Jacopo ZabarellaJacopo ZabarellaGiacomo Zabarella was an Italian Aristotelian philosopher and logician. He was accused of atheism for the notable chapter "De inventione æterni motoris" in his De rebus naturalibus libri XXX....
, Italian philosopher (b. 1532) - date unknown - Jurij DalmatinJurij DalmatinJurij Dalmatin was a Slovene Lutheran minister, writer and translator.Born in Krško in around 1546, Dalmatin became a preacher in Ljubljana in 1572. He was the author of several religious books, such as Karšanske lepe molitve , Ta kratki würtemberški katekizmus , and Agenda...
, Slovenian writer and translator (b. c. 1547)