1586 in poetry

Events

• September 19 - Imprisoned in the Tower of London on the eve of being hanged, drawn and quartered for his part in the Babington Plot, English poet Chidiock Tichborne writes his Elegy.
• September 22 - Battle of Zutphen: English poet, critic, courtier and soldier Sir Philip Sidney is fatally wounded.

Works published

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• Thomas Churchyard, The Epitaph of Sir Phillip Sidney
• Thomas Deloney:
• * The Lamentation of Beckles, a ballad
• * A Most Joyfull Songe, a ballad
• William Warner, Albions England; or, Historicall Map of the Same Island
• Geoffrey Whitney, A Choice of Emblemes and Other Devises, influential emblem book

Other

• Jan Kochanowski, Piesni, Poland
• Francesco Patrizi, Della poetica la deca disputation, popularly known as the Deca ammirabile, Italian criticism
• Catherine Des Roches, also known as "Catherine Fradonnet", and her mother, Madeleine Des Roches, Les missives de Mesdames des Roches..., Paris: Abel L'Angelier; France

Births

• January 20 - Johann Hermann Schein born, German composer
• April 12 - John Ford, English playwright and poet
• August 17 - Johannes Valentinus Andreae born, German theologian
• Banarasidas, Mughal Indian businessman and poet
• Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen, Dutch painter, poet and theologian
• Approximate date - Giles Fletcher, English poet chiefly known for the allegorical poem ''Christ's Victory and Triumph''

Deaths

• August 1 - Richard Maitland, Scottish poet and lawyer
• September 20 - Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet
• October 17 - Sir Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier and soldier
• Also:
• * Birbal, real name: Maheshdas Bhat, Indian poet, wit and Grand Vizier of the Mughal court of Emperor Akbar
• * Ulpian Fulwell, English
• * Lorenzo Gambara, Italian, Latin-language poet
• *Sur, Indian, Hindu devotional poet