1612 in literature
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The year 1612 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- On January 6, Ben Jonson's masque Love Restored is performed.
- The King's Men and Queen Anne's Men unite for two Court performances in January: they act Heywood's The Silver Age on January 12, and his The Rape of Lucrece on January 13. Queen Anne's Men return on February 2 to play Greene's Tu Quoque.
- On May 11, Shakespeare testifies in the Bellott v. Mountjoy lawsuit.
- Death of Carlos Félix, the favourite son of Lope de Vega.
- The Accademia della Crusca publishes the first dictionary of the Italian language.
- Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir to King James I of England, dies of typhoid on November 6. His coterie of followers, which included literary figures like Ben Jonson and John Selden, are forced to seek other patrons.
[edit] New books
- John Brinsley - Ludus literarius; or The Grammar Schoole
- John Davies - Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued
- John Davies of Hereford - The Picture of a Happy Man
- Edward Grimeston - The General History of the Spain
- - The General History of the Magnificent State of Venice
- Thomas Heywood - An Apology for Actors
- Antonius Magirus - Koock-boeck ofte Familieren kevken-boeck
- Francisco de Quevedo - La cuna y la sepultura
[edit] New drama
- George Chapman - The Widow's Tears published
- Robert Daborne - A Christian Turn'd Turk published
- Nathan Field - A Woman is a Weathercock published
- Ben Jonson - Love Restored (masque)
- John Webster - The White Devil published
[edit] Poetry
- Luis de Góngora - Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea (Fable of Polyphemus and Galatea)
- Expanded edition of The Passionate Pilgrim
- George Wither - Elegy on the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
[edit] Births
- February 28 - John Pearson, theologian and scholar (died 1686)
- December 4 - Samuel Butler, poet (died 1680)
- date unknown - Antoine Arnauld, theologian and philosopher (born 1694)
- date unknown - Thomas Killigrew, dramatist (died 1683)
- date unknown - Edward King, British poet (died 1637)
- probable - John Rushworth, author of the "Rushworth Collections" (died 1690)
- date unknown - Anne Bradstreet, female Colonial American Poet (died 1672)
[edit] Deaths
- March 16 - Thomas Holland, theologian and translator of the Bible (born 1539)
- April 11 - Emanuel van Meteren, historian (born 1535)
- July 29 - Jacques Bongars, diplomat and scholar (born 1554)
- August 4 - Hugh Broughton, Biblical scholar (born 1549)
- September - Giovanni de' Bardi, music theorist and critic (born 1534)
- September 27 - Piotr Skarga, hagiographer (born 1536)
- October 7 - Giovanni Battista Guarini, poet (born 1538)
- date unknown - Robert Armin, actor (born 1563)
- date unknown - Pierre de Larivey, dramatist (born c1550)
