1629 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1629.
Events
- January – Pedro Calderón de la Barca and his friends break into a convent in an attempt to seize Pedro de Villegas, who had stabbed Calderón's brother.
- April 6 – Tommaso Campanella is released from custody in Rome, and gains the confidence of Pope Urban VIII.
- July – Richard James lends Oliver St John a manuscript tract on the bridling of parliaments which was written in 1612 by Sir Robert Dudley, titular Duke of Northumberland. St John circulates it among parliamentary supporters, and James is arrested as a result.
- September – Pierre Corneille brings his first play, Mélite to a group of travelling actors.
- November 22 – The King's Men perform Othello at the Blackfriars Theatre in London.
- unknown dates
- *The first known performance is given at the Corral de comedias de Almagro in Spain by Juan Martinez's theatrical company Autor.
- *Inigo Jones redesigns the Cockpit-in-Court in London as a venue for staging court masques.
- *In Japan, women's kabuki dance-drama is prohibited, and young men take over female roles. The prohibition would last until 1877.
New books
Prose
- Balthazar Baro – Célinde, poème héroïque
- Philipp Clüver – Introductio in Universam Geographiam
- John Amos Comenius – Janua linguarum reserata
- Arthur Dee – Fasciculus Chemicus
- Robert Fludd – Medicina Catholica
- Paul Laymann – Processus juridicus contra sagas et vene fico
- Richard Sibbes – ''The Saint's Cordial''
Drama
- Richard Brome
- *The Northern Lass
- *A Lovesick Maid
- Lodowick Carlell – The Deserving Favourite
- William D'Avenant
- *The Just Italian
- *The Tragedy of Albovine
- Alexandre Hardy – Coriolan
- Ben Jonson – The New Inn
- Philip Massinger
- *The Picture
- *The Roman Actor
- James Shirley – ''The Grateful Servant''
Poetry
- John Beaumont – Bosworth Field; with a taste of the variety of other Poems left by Sir John Beaumont
- John Taylor – ''Wit and Mirth''
Births
- January 2 – Christian Scriver, German devotional writer
- April 14 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch polymath
- August 18 – Agneta Horn, Swedish memoirist
- August 20 – Matthew Wren, English writer, cleric and politician
- September 10 – John Heydon, English Rosicrucian and writer on the occult
- Unknown dates
- *Henry Muddiman, English journalist and publisher
- *Roderick O Flaherty, Irish historian
- Probable year of birth – Hester Biddle, English Quaker writer
Deaths
- July 13 – Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish polymath
- July 27 – Thomas Goffe, English dramatist
- August – Thomas James, English librarian
- August 18 – Vendela Skytte, Swedish poet
- November – Robert Hayman, English-born Newfoundland poet
- Unknown date – John Speed, English historian and cartographer