1565 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1565.

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Events

• March 1 – Poet and missionary José de Anchieta co-founds Rio de Janeiro.[1]
• October – Torquato Tasso enters the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este at Ferrara.[2]
• unknown dates
  • Philip Neri founds the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome.[3]
  • Approximate date of composition of the Bannatyne Manuscript.

New books

Prose

• Giovanni Battista Giraldi – Hecatommithi
• Pierre Pithou – Adversariorum subsectorum lib. II
• Camillo Porzio – La Congiura dei baroni
• John Stow – Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles
• Bernardino Telesio – De natura juxta propria principia (On the Nature of Things according to their Own Principles)

Drama

• Jean-Antoine de Baïf – L'Eunuque

Poetry

• See 1565 in poetry

Births

• September 28 – Alessandro Tassoni, Italian poet (died 1635)
• Unknown dates
  • Gonzalo de Illescas, Spanish historian (died 1633)
  • Francis Meres, English author and cleric (died 1647)
  • Anthony Shirley, English traveler and writer (died 1635)

Deaths

• March 17 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (born 1500)
• March – Lope de Rueda, Spanish dramatist (born c. 1510)
• May 14 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian (born 1483)
• August 27 – William Rastell, English printer (born 1508)
• October 7 – Johannes Mathesius, German theologian (born 1504)
• October 22 – Jean Grolier de Servières, French bibliophile (born 1479)
• December 13 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist and bibliographer (born 1516)
• Unknown dates
  • Paolo Pino, Italian painter and writer on art (born 1534)
  • Benedetto Varchi, Italian poet and historian (born c. 1502)

References

1. James D. Henderson; Alexander C. Henderson; Helen Delpar (2000). A Reference Guide to Latin American History. M.E. Sharpe. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-56324-744-6.
2. C. P. Brand; Charles Peter Brand (2 January 1965). Torquato Tasso: A Study of the Poet and of His Contribution to English Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-521-04311-3.
3. Italy. Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali; Italy. Ufficio centrale per i beni librari e gli istituti culturali (2002). Archivi di biblioteche: per la storia delle biblioteche pubbliche statali. Ed. di Storia e Letteratura. p. 245. ISBN 978-88-8498-013-7.