1576 in literature
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[edit] Events
- James Burbage builds The Theatre, the first permanent public playhouse in London, ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama.
[edit] New books
- Jean Boudin - Six livres de la République
- George Pettie - A Petite Palace of Pettie His Pleasure
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- See 1576 in poetry
[edit] Births
- January 12 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian (d. 1660)
- May 27 - Caspar Schoppe, German controversialist (d. 1649)
- June 6 - Giovanni Diodati, Bible translator (d. 1649)
- October - John Marston, English poet and dramatist (d. 1634)
- October 30 - Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian historian (d. 1631)
- date unknown
- William Ames, English philosopher (d. 1633)
- Johann Bogermann, Dutch translator (d. 1637)
[edit] Deaths
- January 19 - Hans Sachs, German poet and dramatist (b. 1494)
- February 10 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532)
- May 2 - Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish theologian (b. 1503)
- June 30 - Franciscus Sonnius, Flemish theologian (b. 1506)
- October 14 - Konrad Heresbach, Calvinist writer (b. 1496)
- date unknown - Basil Faber, German theologian (b. 1520)
