1612 in literature

1612 in literature

The year 1612 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

*On January 6, Ben Jonson's masque "Love Restored" is performed.
*The King's Men and Queen Anne's Men unite for two Court performances in January: they act Heywood's "The Silver Age" on January 12, and his "The Rape of Lucrece" on January 13. Queen Anne's Men return on February 2 to play "Greene's Tu Quoque".
*On May 11, Shakespeare testifies in the Bellott v. Mountjoy lawsuit.
*Death of Carlos Félix, the favourite son of Lope de Vega.
*The Accademia della Crusca publishes the first dictionary of the Italian language.
*Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir to King James I of England, dies of typhoid on November 6. His coterie of followers, which included literary figures like Ben Jonson and John Selden, are forced to seek other patrons.

New books

*John Brinsley - "Ludus literarius; or The Grammar Schoole"
*John Davies - "Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued"
*John Davies of Hereford - "The Picture of a Happy Man"
*Edward Grimeston - "The General History of the Spain"
** - "The General History of the Magnificent State of Venice"
*Thomas Heywood - "An Apology for Actors"
*Antonius Magirus - "Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck"
*Francisco de Quevedo - "La cuna y la sepultura"

New drama

*George Chapman - "The Widow's Tears" published
*Robert Daborne - "A Christian Turn'd Turk" published
*Nathan Field - "A Woman is a Weathercock" published
*Ben Jonson - "Love Restored" (masque)
*John Webster - "The White Devil" published

Poetry

*Luis de Góngora - "Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea)"
*Expanded edition of "The Passionate Pilgrim"
*George Wither - Elegy on the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

Births

*February 28 - John Pearson, theologian and scholar (died 1686)
*December 4 - Samuel Butler, poet (died 1680)
*"date unknown" - Antoine Arnauld, theologian and philosopher (born 1694)
*"date unknown" - Thomas Killigrew, dramatist (died 1683)
*"date unknown" - Edward King, British poet (died 1637)
*"probable" - John Rushworth, author of the "Rushworth Collections" (died 1690)
*"date unknown" - Anne Bradstreet, female Colonial American Poet (died 1672)

Deaths

*March 16 - Thomas Holland, theologian and translator of the Bible (born 1539)
*April 11 - Emanuel van Meteren, historian (born 1535)
*July 29 - Jacques Bongars, diplomat and scholar (born 1554)
*August 4 - Hugh Broughton, Biblical scholar (born 1549)
*September - Giovanni de' Bardi, music theorist and critic (born 1534)
*September 27 - Piotr Skarga, hagiographer (born 1536)
*October 7 - Giovanni Battista Guarini, poet (born 1538)
*"date unknown" - Robert Armin, actor (born 1563)
*"date unknown" - Pierre de Larivey, dramatist (born c1550)


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