1615 in literature
The year 1615 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
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January 6 - "Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemists ", amasque written byBen Jonson and designed byInigo Jones , is performed atWhitehall Palace .
*January 13 -William Browne 'smasque "Circe and Ulysses" is staged at theInner Temple .
*In England, the Archbishop of Canterbury imposes a year’s imprisonment for publishingBible s without including theApocrypha .
*Pierre Dupuy is commissioned byMathieu Molé , first president of the parlement of Paris, to draw up an inventory of the documents known as the "Trésor des diaries".
*March 7 -March 11 King James I and Prince Charles visit Cambridge University, the first royal visit to the university since the progress of Queen Elizabeth I in 1564. The University stages entertainments that include performances of Cecil's "Aemilia" (March 7), Ruggle's "Ignoramus" (March 8), Tomkis's "Albumazar " (March 9), and Brooke's "Melanthe" (March 10). The royals leave Cambridge prior to the premiere of Fletcher's "Sicelides" (March 13). King James enjoys "Ignoramus" so much that he returns to Cambridge in May to see it again.New books
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Miguel de Cervantes - "Don Quixote ", Part 2
*Johannes Valentinus Andreae - "Confessio oder Bekenntnis der Societät und Bruderschaft Rosenkreuz"
*Antoine de Montchrestien - "Traité de l'économie politique"
*Joseph Swetnam - "The Arraignment of Lewd, Idle, Froward, and Unconstant Women"New drama
*"R. A." (Robert Anton?) - "The Valiant Welshman" published
*Samuel Brooke - "Melanthe" (in Latin)
*William Browne - "Circe and Ulysses" (masque )
*Edward Cecil - "Aemilia" (in Latin)
*Phineas Fletcher - "Sicelides, a Piscatory"
*Thomas Heywood - "The Four Prentices of London" published
*Ben Jonson - "Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemists "
*Anthony Munday - "Metropolis Coronata"
*George Ruggle - "Ignoramus" (in Latin)
*Thomas Tomkis - "Albumazar"Births
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November 12 -Richard Baxter , religious leader and writer (died1691 )
*"date unknown"
**Laurence Clarkson , Protestant pamphleteer (died1667 )
**John Denham, poet (died1669 )
**Gabriel Cossart , French historian (died1674 )
**Adam Gdacjusz , Polish writer and preacher (died1688 )
**Tanneguy Lefebvre , classicist (died1672 )
**Salvator Rosa , Italian painter and poet (died1673 )Deaths
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July 10 -Henry Neville , diplomat (credited by some with the authorship ofWilliam Shakespeare 's plays) (born1562 )
*September 1 -Étienne Pasquier , historian (born1529 )
*"date unknown"
**Arthur Agarde , English antiquary (born1540 )
**Robert Armin , English actor and dramatist (born c. 1563)
**Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega , Castilian poet, dramatist and historian (born1555 )
**Giambattista della Porta , polymath (born c1535 )
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