1619 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of1619.

Events

March – After the death ofRichard Burbage,his place as leading actor of theKing's Menin London is filled byJoseph Taylor.
April –Ben Jonsonvisits the Scottish poetWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden.
c. October – After the death ofSamuel DanielinSomerset,his place asPoet Laureate of the Kingdom of Englandis filled byBen Jonson.
unknown dates
- René Descarteshas a dream that helps him develop his ideas on analytical geometry.^[1]
- William JaggardandThomas Pavierpublish in London the so-calledFalse Folio,a collection of Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean plays mostly with false imprints and dates.^[2]

Johannes Valentinus Andreae
- Reipublicae Christianopolitanae descriptio^[3]
- Turris Babel
Jacob Boehme–De Tribus Principiis(On the Three Principles of Divine Being)
Philipp Clüver
- Sardinia et Corsica Antiqua
- Siciliae Antique libri duo
Robert Fludd–Utriusque Cosmi...Historia, Tomi Secundi(The History of the Two Worlds, Volume 2)
Johannes Kepler–Harmonices Mundi(an attack on Fludd'sNeoplatonistcosmology)
John Pitseus–De Illustribus Angliae scriptoribus
Samuel Purchas–Purchas his Pilgrim or Microcosmus, or the Historie of Man. Relating the Wonders of his Generation, Vanities in his Degeneration, Necessities of his Regenerations
Paolo Sarpi–History of the Council of Trent
John Taylor–A Kicksey Winsey, or, A Lerry Come-Twang
William Whately–A Bride-Bvsh; or a Direction for Married Persons. Plainely describing the Dvties common to both, and peculiar to each of them

Robert Carliell–Britaine's glorie, or An allegoricall dreame...(a defence of the newChurch of England)
George Wither–Fidelia

March 6–Cyrano de Bergerac,French soldier and poet (died1655)
June 24–Rijcklof van Goens,Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1678–81 and travel writer (died1682)
November 7–Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux,French biographer (died1692)
December 28–Antoine Furetière,French satirist (died1688)
unknown dates
- Morgan Llwyd,Welsh preacher, poet and writer (died1659)^[4]
- Shalom Shabazi,Jewish Yemeni poet (died1720)
probable
- William Chamberlayne,English poet, playwright, physician and Royalist soldier (died1703)
- Alice Curwen,English autobiographer and Quaker (died1679)
- Henry (Heinrich) Oldenburg,German-born editor, correspondent andRoyal Societysecretary (died1677)

February 9–Lucilio Vanini,Italian philosopher (born1585)
February 12–Pierre de Larivey,Italian-born French dramatist (born1549)^[5]
March 13–Richard Burbage,English actor and theatre proprietor (born c. 1567)
July 12–Olivier de Serres,French writer on agriculture and horticulture (born1539)
October 14–Samuel Daniel,English Poet Laureate and historian (born1562)
October 18–Petrus Gudelinus,Dutch jurist (born1550)^[6]
October 19–Fujiwara Seika,Japanese philosopher (born1561)

probable

- Ginés Pérez de Hita,Spanish novelist and poet (born c. 1544)
- Pierre de La Primaudaye,French Protestant writer (born1546)^[7]

^"René Descartes".Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
^Michigan Academician.Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. 1970. p. 95.
^in Latin.
^"Morgan Llwyd | Welsh author".Encyclopedia Britannica.Retrieved25 March2019.
^This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Larivey, Pierre".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 217.
^G(in Dutch). 1862. p. 535.
^Stuart Gillespie (1 August 2001).Shakespeare's Books: A Dictionary of Shakespeare Sources.A&C Black. p. 276.ISBN 978-1-84714-338-9.