1625 in literature

1625 in literature

The year 1625 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

*On January 1, the King's Men act "Henry IV, Part 1" at Whitehall Palace.
*John Milton enters Christ's College, Cambridge.
*Sir Richard Baker's Oxfordshire property is seized as a result of his debts.
*The London theatres are closed for most of the year, due to an outbreak of bubonic plague. When the epidemic abates with the cooler weather in October, a new company premiers under royal patronage, Queen Henrietta's Men.
*Cyril Tourneur becomes secretary to the council of war and joins the catastrophic Cadiz expedition under Sir Edward Cecil.

New books

*Francis Bacon - "Complete Essays"
*Ludovico Zuccolo - "La Repubblica d' Evandria"

New drama

*Alexandre Hardy - "Mariamne" published
*Ben Jonson - "The Staple of News"
** - "The Fortunate Isles and Their Union"
*Racan - "Les bergeries"
*James Shirley - "Love Tricks, or the School of Complement"

Poetry

*Honoré d'Urfé - "Sylvanire"

Births

*August 20 - Thomas Corneille, dramatist (died 1709)
*"date unknown" - François Bernier, travel writer (died 1688)

Deaths

*June 1 - Honoré d'Urfé, novelist (born 1568)
*August - John Fletcher, dramatist (born 1579)
*September 6 - Thomas Dempster, historian (born 1579)
*September 20 - Heinrich Meibom, poet and historian (born 1555)
*"date unknown" - Thomas Lodge, dramatist (born c1558)


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