1590 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1590.

Events

*January – The Children of Paul's perform at the English Court twice in the first week; one of the plays act may be John Lyly's ''Midas''. Later this year they are banned from performing over of the involvement of Lily, their chief script-writer, in the Marprelate controversy.
*''unknown date'' – The Teatro all'antica at Sabbioneta (Italy), designed by Vincenzo Scamozzi, is completed.

New books

* Robert Greene
**''Greene's Mourning Garment''
**''Never Too Late''
*Thomas Lodge – ''Rosalynde''
*Thomas Nashe – ''An Almond for a Parrat''

New drama

*Anonymous (approximate date)
**'' Fair Em, the Miller's Daughter of Manchester''
**''King Leir''
**''Mucedorus''
* Robert Greene
**''The Comical History of Alphonsus, King of Aragon'' (approximate date)
**''The History of Orlando Furioso''
**''The Scottish History of James the Fourth'' (approximate date)
**with Thomas Lodge – ''A Looking Glass for London'' (approximate date)
*Christopher Marlowe – '' Tamburlaine'' (both parts published)
*George Peele – '' Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First''
* Robert Wilson – ''The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London'' (published)

Poetry

*Sir Philip Sidney – '' Arcadia''
*Edmund Spenser – ''The Faerie Queene'', Books 1-3

Births

*January 30 – Lady Anne Clifford, English literary patron (died 1676)
*March 18 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (died 1649)
*June 24 – Samuel Ampzing, Dutch poet (died 1632)
*July 26 – Johannes Crellius, German-born Polish theologian (died 1633)
*September 12 – María de Zayas, Spanish poet and dramatist (died 1661)
* October 11 (or December) – William Pynchon, English-born New England theologian (died 1662)
*''unknown dates''
** Alonso Andrada, Spanish biographer (died 1672)
** François Annat, French anti-Jansenist theologian (died 1670)
** Thomas Carve, Irish historian writing in Latin (died c. 1672)
** Faqi Tayran, Kurdish poet (died 1660)
**Grigore Ureche, Moldavian chronicler (died 1647)
**Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (died 1626)

Deaths

*January 7 – Jakob Andreae, German theologian (born 1528)
*February 1 – Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian (born c. 1527)
*March – Petru Cercel, Wallachian prince and poet
*July – Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, French poet (born 1544)
* September 20 – Robert Garnier, French poet (born 1544)
*November 23 – André Thévet, French cosmographer (born 1502)
*November 29 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German poet and dramatist (born 1547)
*December 5 – Johann Habermann, German theologian (born 1516)
*''probable''
** Lambert Daneau, French theologian (born c. 1535)
** Giuseppe Leggiadri Gallani, Italian poet and dramatist (born 1516)

References

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