1626 in literature

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1626.

Events

• February – The King's Men premiere Ben Jonson's satire on the new newsgathering enterprise The Staple of News, his first new play in almost a decade, at the Blackfriars Theatre in London.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• November – The deaths of Lancelot Andrewes and Nicholas Felton, Bishop of Ely, prompt John Milton, then a student at Cambridge, to write elegies in Latin for both.<ref name="Lewalski2008">Template:Cite book</ref>
• December 27 – Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud (died 1640).<ref>Tara Hamling: "'An Arelome To This Hous For Ever': Monumental Fixtures and Furnishings..." Andrew Gordon and Thomas Rist (eds): The Arts of Remembrance in Early Modern England: Memorial Cultures... (Abingdon, Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2016 [2013]), p. 68.</ref>

New books

Prose

• Francis Bacon – The New Atlantis
• Nicholas Breton – Fantastickes
• Alonso de Castillo Solórzano – Jornadas alegres
• Robert Fludd – Philosophia Sacra<ref>"Roberti Fludd ..." Philosophia sacra et vere christiana seu meteorologia cosmica (Google eBook) Accessed 1 February 2013</ref>
• Marie de Gournay – Les Femmes et Grief des Dames (The Ladies' Grievance)<ref>Grief des dames.</ref>
• Francisco de Quevedo – El Buscón (first published edition – unauthorized)

Drama

• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft – Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen
• John Fletcher and collaborators – The Fair Maid of the Inn
• William Heminges – The Jews' Tragedy
• Jean Mairet – La Sylvie
• Philip Massinger – A New Way to Pay Old Debts
• Thomas May – Cleopatra
• Thomas Middleton – The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tirso de Molina – La Huerta de San Juan
• James Shirley – The Maid's Revenge; The Brothers

Births

• January – Robert Howard, English dramatist and politician (died 1698)
• February 5 – Madame de Sévigné, French letter writer (died 1696)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• March 12 – John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (died 1697)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• July 25 – Gerard Brandt, Dutch dramatist and historian (died 1685)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 8 – Simon Patrick, English theologian and bishop (died 1707)<ref>Template:Cite DNB</ref>
• October 6 – Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Unknown dates
  • Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, English poet and dramatist (died 1663)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Alonso de Olmedo y Ormeño, Spanish actor and dramatist (died 1682)

Deaths

• February – William Rowley, English dramatist (born c. 1585)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• February 28 – Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (born 1575)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 25
  • Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and bishop (born 1555)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (born 1590)
• October 19 (estimated) – Béroalde de Verville, French poet and novelist (born 1556)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• December 8 – Sir John Davies, English poet (born 1569)
• unknown date – Samuel Purchas, English miscellanist and travel writer (born c. 1577)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• probable – Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist (born c. 1545)<ref name="Morley1891">Template:Cite book</ref>