1619 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of1619.
Events
[edit]- 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]
New books
[edit]Prose
[edit]- 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
Drama
[edit]- Anonymous –Two Wise Men and All the Rest Fools(published)
- BeaumontandFletcher(published)
- Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
- De klucht van de koe
- Stommen ridder
- Lope de Vega–Fuente Ovejuna(published)
- John Fletcher–The Humorous Lieutenant
- John Fletcher andPhilip Massinger–Sir John van Olden Barnavelt
- Philip Massinger andNathan Field–The Fatal Dowry(approximate date)
- Thomas Middleton–The Masque of Heroes
Poetry
[edit]- Robert Carliell–Britaine's glorie, or An allegoricall dreame...(a defence of the newChurch of England)
- George Wither–Fidelia
Births
[edit]- 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)
Deaths
[edit]- 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]
References
[edit]- ^"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.
- ^public domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Larivey, Pierre".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 217. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^G(in Dutch). 1862. p. 535.
- ^Stuart Gillespie (1 August 2001).Shakespeare's Books: A Dictionary of Shakespeare Sources.A&C Black. p. 276.ISBN978-1-84714-338-9.