1619 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1619.
Events
- March – After the death of Richard Burbage, his place as leading actor of the King's Men in London is filled by Joseph Taylor.
- April – Ben Jonson visits the Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden.
- c. October – After the death of Samuel Daniel in Somerset, his place as Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of England is filled by Ben Jonson.
- unknown dates
- *René Descartes has a dream that helps him develop his ideas on analytical geometry.
- *William Jaggard and Thomas Pavier publish in London the so-called False Folio, a collection of Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean plays mostly with false imprints and dates.
New books
Prose
- Johannes Valentinus Andreae
- *Reipublicae Christianopolitanae descriptio
- *Turris Babel
- Jacob Boehme – De Tribus Principiis
- Philipp Clüver
- *Sardinia et Corsica Antiqua
- *Siciliae Antique libri duo
- Robert Fludd – Utriusque Cosmi...Historia, Tomi Secundi
- Johannes Kepler – Harmonices Mundi
- John Pitseus – De Illustribus Angliae scriptoribus
- Samuel Purchas – Purchas his Pilgrim or Microcosmus, or the Historie of Man. Relating the Wonders of his Generation, Vanities in his Degeneration, Necessities of his Regenerations
- Paolo Sarpi – History of the Council of Trent
- John Taylor – A Kicksey Winsey, or, A Lerry Come-Twang
- William Whately – ''A Bride-Bvsh; or a Direction for Married Persons. Plainely describing the Dvties common to both, and peculiar to each of them''
Drama
- Anonymous – Two Wise Men and All the Rest Fools
- Beaumont and [John John Fletcher (playwright)|Fletcher (playwright)|Fletcher]
- *A King and No King
- *The Maid's Tragedy
- Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
- *De klucht van de koe
- *Stommen ridder
- Lope de Vega – Fuente Ovejuna
- John Fletcher – The Humorous Lieutenant
- John Fletcher and Philip Massinger – Sir John van Olden Barnavelt
- Philip Massinger and Nathan Field – The Fatal Dowry
- Thomas Middleton – ''The Masque of Heroes''
Poetry
- Robert Carliell –
- George Wither – ''Fidelia''
Births
- March 6 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier and poet
- June 24 – Rijcklof van Goens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1678–81 and travel writer
- November 7 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French biographer
- December 28 – Antoine Furetière, French satirist
- unknown dates
- *Morgan Llwyd, Welsh preacher, poet and writer
- *Shalom Shabazi, Jewish Yemeni poet
- probable
- *William Chamberlayne, English poet, playwright, physician and Royalist soldier
- *Alice Curwen, English autobiographer and Quaker
- *Henry (Heinrich) Oldenburg, German-born editor, correspondent and Royal Society secretary
Deaths
- February 9 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher
- February 12 - Pierre de Larivey, Italian-born French dramatist
- March 13 – Richard Burbage, English actor and theatre proprietor
- July 12 – Olivier de Serres, French writer on agriculture and horticulture
- October 14 – Samuel Daniel, English Poet Laureate and historian
- October 18 – Petrus Gudelinus, Dutch jurist
- October 19 – Fujiwara Seika, Japanese philosopher
- *Ginés Pérez de Hita, Spanish novelist and poet
- *Pierre de La Primaudaye, French Protestant writer