1580 in literature

Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1580.

Events

• March – Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III of England, Richardus Tertius, the first known history play performed in England, is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge.
• July 12 – The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible translation into a Slavic language (Old Church Slavonic), is first printed at Ostroh in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) by Ivan Fyodorov.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

New books

• Book of Concord
• Jean Bodin – De la demonomanie des sorciers
• Veronica Franco – Lettere familiari a diversi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Robert Greene – Mamillia
• John Lyly – Euphues and his England
• Michel de Montaigne – Essais<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Anthony Munday – Zelauto

New drama

• Robert Garnier – Antigone
• Thomas Legge – Richardus Tertius

Poetry

• Luís Vaz de Camões – Luís Vaz de Camões
• Jan Kochanowski – Laments (Treny)

Births

• March 5 – Christophe Justel, French scholar (died 1649)
• April 18 (date of baptism) – Thomas Middleton, English poet and dramatist (died 1627)
• June 9 – Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 17 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 12 – Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• unknown dates
  • Charles François d'Abra de Raconis, French theologian (died 1646)
  • Manuel de Almeida, Spanish historian (died 1646)
  • Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (died 1664)
  • Philipp Clüver, German historian (died 1623)
  • Ling Mengchu (凌濛初), Chinese vernacular writer (died 1644)
  • Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet (died 1621)
  • Francisco de Lugo, Spanish theologian (died 1652)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Deaths

• May 3 – Thomas Tusser, English poet (born 1524)
• June 10 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c.1524)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• June 22 – Hernando de Acuña, Spanish translator (born c.1520)
• August 20 – Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (born 1506)
• October 8 – Hieronymus Wolf, German historian (born 1516)
• November 3 – Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
• unknown dates
  • Sebastián de Horozco, Spanish poet and dramatist (born 1510)
  • Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c.1532)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• probable – Raphael Holinshed, chronicler<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>