Overview of the events of 1585 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1585 .
Events
February 2 – Hamnet and Judith , twin children of William Shakespeare and his wife Anne , are baptised at Stratford-upon-Avon .[ 1] [ 2] March 3 – The Teatro Olimpico , Vicenza , designed by Andrea Palladio , and completed by Vincenzo Scamozzi , opens with a production of Sophocles ' Oedipus Rex trompe-l'œil scenery in one-point perspective .December 13 – The blind poet, playwright and actor Luigi Groto dies in Venice, having just come from the theatre, where he has played the role of the blind Oedipus Rex .
New books
Prose
John Calvin – The Commentaries... upon the Actes of the Apostles, Faithfully translated out of Latine into English for the great profite of our countrie-men, by Christopher Fetherstone, student in divinitie Miguel de Cervantes – La Galatea
Drama
Poetry
See 1585 in poetry
Births
January 6 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas , French grammarian (died 1650 )January 31 – Daniel Schwenter , German Orientalist, polymath, poet and librarian (died 1636 )March 16 – Gerbrand Bredero , Dutch poet and playwright (died 1618 )June 24 – Johannes Lippius , German Protestant theologian, philosopher, and theorist of music (died 1612 )October 11 – Johann Heermann , German poet (died 1647 )December 4 – John Cotton , English-born American theologian and minister (died 1652 )December 13 – William Drummond of Hawthornden , Scottish poet (died 1649 )Uncertain dates
Deaths
January – Anthony Gilby , English Puritan and Bible translator (born c. 1510)
February 6 – Edmund Plowden , English lawyer and theorist (born 1518 )[ 4] February 13 – Alfonso Salmeron , Spanish Jesuit Biblical commentator (born 1515 )March 10 – Rembert Dodoens , Flemish botanist (born 1517 )June 4 – Muretus , French humanist poet and writer in Latin (born 1526 )[ 5] June 20 – Christian Kruik van Adrichem , Dutch Catholic theologian (born 1533 )July 30 – Christian Schesaus , German humanist poet (born 1535 )September 1 – Alexander Arbuthnot , Scottish printer (year of birth unknown)September 18 – Molanus , Flemish theologian of the Counter Reformation (born 1533 )[ 6] December 8 – Piero Vettori , Italian humanist philologist and writer (born 1499 )December 27 – Pierre de Ronsard , French poet (born 1524 )
References
^ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1991). Shakespeare's Lives ISBN 0-19-818618-5 ^ Schoenbaum, Samuel (1987). William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life (Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505161-0 ^ Patricia Demers (1 January 2005). Women's Writing in English: Early Modern England ISBN 978-0-8020-8664-8 ^ Charles Henry Cooper; Thompson Cooper (1858). Athenae Cantabrigienses: 1500-1585 ^ A General Biographical Dictionary: Comprising a Summary Account of the Most Distinguished Persons of All Ages, Nations, and Professions, Including More Than One Thousand Articles of American Biography ... ^ A. C. De Schrevel , "Lucas, François, dit Lucas Brugensis", Biographie Nationale de Belgique vol. 12 (Brussels, 1893), 550-563.
