1567 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1567.
Events
- October 14 – António Ferreira becomes Desembargador da Casa do Civel and leaves Coimbra for Lisbon.
- unknown dates
- *John Brayne builds the Red Lion theatre just east of the City of London. It is for touring productions and the first known playhouse to be purpose-built in the British Isles since Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the theatre survives beyond this summer's season. The only play known to be presented here is The Story of Sampson.
- *Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda's works are published following his death in 1565 by Timoneda, who tones down certain passages.
- Approximate date – Isabella Whitney becomes the earliest identified woman to publish secular poetry in the English language with The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover, The Admonition by the Author to all Young Gentlewomen: And to all other Maids being in Love and An Order Prescribed, by Is. W., to two of her Younger Sisters Serving in London.
New books
Prose
- Séon Carsuel, Bishop of the Isles – Foirm na n-Urrnuidheadh, translation of John Knox's Book of Common Order, with some poems and prayers, into Classical Gaelic, the first publication in any Goidelic language,
- Joan Perez de Lazarraga – Silbero, Silbia, Doristeo, and Sirena
- Magdeburger Centurien Magdeburg Centuries, volumes X–XI
- William Salesbury – Testament Newydd ein Arglwydd Iesv Christ, translation of the New Testament into Welsh
Drama
- Jean-Antoine de Baïf – Le Brave
- John Pickering – Horestes, based on the myth of Orestes
Poetry
- Pey de Garros – ''Poesias Gasconas''
Births
- January 6 – Richard Burbage, English actor-manager
- January 12 – Jan Szczęsny Herburt, Polish diplomat and political writer
- February 12 – Thomas Campion, English poet
- February 27 – William Alabaster, English poet, dramatist and religious writer
- August 21 – Francis de Sales, Savoyard theologian
- November – Thomas Nashe, English poet and satirist
- unknown dates
- *Valens Acidalius, German critic and Latin poet
- *Bzovius, Polish historian
Deaths
- May 2 – Marin Držić, Croatian dramatist
- May 31 – Guido de Bres, author of the Belgic Confession
- October 1 – Pietro Carnesecchi, humanist philosopher
- unknown dates
- *Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourgeois poet and historian
- *Gómez Pereira, Spanish humanist philosopher
In literature
- Walter Scott – ''The Abbot''