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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1626.

Events[edit]

February – The King's Men premiere Ben Jonson's satire on the new newsgathering enterprise The Staple of News, his first new play in almost a decade, at the Blackfriars Theatre in London.^[1]
November – The deaths of Lancelot Andrewes and Nicholas Felton, Bishop of Ely, prompt John Milton, then a student at Cambridge, to write elegies in Latin for both.^[2]
December 27 – Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud (died 1640).^[3]

New books[edit]

Prose[edit]

Francis Bacon – The New Atlantis
Nicholas Breton – Fantastickes
Alonso de Castillo Solórzano – Jornadas alegres
Robert Fludd – Philosophia Sacra^[4]
Marie de Gournay – Les Femmes et Grief des Dames (The Ladies' Grievance)^[5]
Francisco de Quevedo – El Buscón (first published edition – unauthorized)

Drama[edit]

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft – Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen
John Fletcher and collaborators – The Fair Maid of the Inn
William Heminges – The Jews' Tragedy
Jean Mairet – La Sylvie
Philip Massinger – A New Way to Pay Old Debts
Thomas May – Cleopatra
Thomas Middleton – The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity^[6]
Tirso de Molina – La Huerta de San Juan
James Shirley – The Maid's Revenge; The Brothers

Births[edit]

January – Robert Howard, English dramatist and politician (died 1698)
February 5 – Madame de Sévigné, French letter writer (died 1696)^[7]
March 12 – John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (died 1697)^[8]
July 25 – Gerard Brandt, Dutch dramatist and historian (died 1685)^[9]
September 8 – Simon Patrick, English theologian and bishop (died 1707)^[10]
October 6 – Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684)^[11]
Unknown dates
- Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, English poet and dramatist (died 1663)^[12]
- Alonso de Olmedo y Ormeño, Spanish actor and dramatist (died 1682)

Deaths[edit]

February – William Rowley, English dramatist (born c. 1585)^[13]
February 28 – Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (born 1575)^[14]
September 25
- Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and bishop (born 1555)^[15]
- Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (born 1590)
October 19 (estimated) – Béroalde de Verville, French poet and novelist (born 1556)^[16]
December 8 – Sir John Davies, English poet (born 1569)
unknown date – Samuel Purchas, English miscellanist and travel writer (born c. 1577)^[17]
probable – Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist (born c. 1545)^[18]

References[edit]

^ Ben Jonson (1999). Five Plays. Oxford University Press. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-19-283944-2.
^ Barbara K. Lewalski (15 April 2008). The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-0-470-77684-1.
^ Tara Hamling: "'An Arelome To This Hous For Ever': Monumental Fixtures and Furnishings..." Andrew Gordon and Thomas Rist (eds): The Arts of Remembrance in Early Modern England: Memorial Cultures... (Abingdon, Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2016 [2013]), p. 68.
^ "Roberti Fludd ..." Philosophia sacra et vere christiana seu meteorologia cosmica (Google eBook) Accessed 1 February 2013
^ Grief des dames.
^ "The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton. Accessed 1 February 2013". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
^ Chevalier, Tracy (1997). Encyclopedia of the essay. London Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 764. ISBN 9781884964305.
^ John Britton (28 August 2014). A Memoir of John Aubrey. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-108-07344-8.
^ Alexander Chalmers (1812). The General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons. J. Nichols. p. 454.
^ Overton, John Henry (1895). "Patrick, Simon (1626-1707)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Ablondi, Fred (2014-01-01). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Géraud de Cordemoy (Fall 2014 ed.).
^ Haselkorn, Anne (1990). The Renaissance Englishwoman in print : counterbalancing the canon. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 243. ISBN 9780870236907.
^ Harold Bloom (1986). The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism: Elizabethan-Caroline. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 1158. ISBN 978-0-87754-781-5.
^ Renaissance Drama. Macmillan International Higher Education. 1 November 1980. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-349-16424-0.
^ Leonie James (2017). 'This Great Firebrand': William Laud and Scotland, 1617-1645. Boydell & Brewer. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-78327-219-8.
^ Guillaume Colletet (1989). Vies des poètes tourangeaux. Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature. p. 17.
^ Charles Henry Cooper (1861). Memorials of Cambridge. William Metcalfe. p. 112.
^ Henry Morley (1891). Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century. G. Routledge. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8274-2026-7.

[1] Ben Jonson (1999). Five Plays. Oxford University Press. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-0-19-283944-2.

[Lewalski2008-2] Barbara K. Lewalski (15 April 2008). The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-0-470-77684-1.

[3] Tara Hamling: "'An Arelome To This Hous For Ever': Monumental Fixtures and Furnishings..." Andrew Gordon and Thomas Rist (eds): The Arts of Remembrance in Early Modern England: Memorial Cultures... (Abingdon, Oxon/New York: Routledge, 2016 [2013]), p. 68.

[4] "Roberti Fludd ..." Philosophia sacra et vere christiana seu meteorologia cosmica (Google eBook) Accessed 1 February 2013

[5] Grief des dames.

[6] "The Collected Works of Thomas Middleton. Accessed 1 February 2013". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2013-02-01.

[7] Chevalier, Tracy (1997). Encyclopedia of the essay. London Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. p. 764. ISBN 9781884964305.

[8] John Britton (28 August 2014). A Memoir of John Aubrey. Cambridge University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-108-07344-8.

[9] Alexander Chalmers (1812). The General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons. J. Nichols. p. 454.

[10] Overton, John Henry (1895). "Patrick, Simon (1626-1707)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[11] Ablondi, Fred (2014-01-01). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Géraud de Cordemoy (Fall 2014 ed.).

[12] Haselkorn, Anne (1990). The Renaissance Englishwoman in print : counterbalancing the canon. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 243. ISBN 9780870236907.

[13] Harold Bloom (1986). The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism: Elizabethan-Caroline. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 1158. ISBN 978-0-87754-781-5.

[14] Renaissance Drama. Macmillan International Higher Education. 1 November 1980. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-349-16424-0.

[15] Leonie James (2017). 'This Great Firebrand': William Laud and Scotland, 1617-1645. Boydell & Brewer. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-78327-219-8.

[16] Guillaume Colletet (1989). Vies des poètes tourangeaux. Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature. p. 17.

[17] Charles Henry Cooper (1861). Memorials of Cambridge. William Metcalfe. p. 112.

[Morley1891-18] Henry Morley (1891). Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century. G. Routledge. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-8274-2026-7.

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