1606 in poetry

Events

Works

English">English poetry">English

• Samuel Daniel, The Queenes Arcadia: A pastoral tragecomedie
• John Davies, Bien Venu: Greate Britaines welcome to hir greate friendes, and deere breathren, the Danes
• Thomas Dekker, The Double PP: a Papist in Armes, published anonymously
• Michael Drayton's Poems Lyrick and Pastorall, including "The Ballad of Agincourt"
• John Ford, Fames Memoriall; or, The Earle of Devonshire Deceased, on the death of Charles Blount
• John Hind, Eliosto Libidinoso, contains some verse
• Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, A Foure-Fould Meditation, of the Foure Last Things, also has been ascribed to Robert Southwell, but The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature states Howard wrote it
• King James Version of the Bible
• Samuel Rowlands, A Terrible Battell Betweene the Two Consumers of the Whole World: Time and Death
• William Warner, A Continuance of Albions England, sixth edition, containing books xiv-xvi

  Other languages

• Jean Passerat, Recueil des oeuvres poétiques de Ian Passerat augmenté de plus de la moitié, outre les précédentes impressions, edited by Jean de Rougevalet, Paris: Morel, published posthumously, France

  Births

• c. February 28 - Sir William Davenant, English poet and playwright
• March 3 - Edmund Waller, English poet and politician
• May 3 - Lorenzo Lippi, Italian painter and poet
• Also:
• * Karacaoğlan, Turkish folk poet and ashik
• * Johannes Khuen, Bavarian priest, poet and composer
• * Junije Palmotić, Ragusan dramatist and poet
• * Samarth Ramdas, Indian Marathi saint and religious poet
• * Thomas Washbourne, English clergyman and poet

  Deaths

• March 2 - Martin Moller, German poet and mystic
• May 13 ' - Arthur Golding, English translator of prose and poetry
• May 22 - José de Sigüenza, Spanish historian, poet and theologian
• September 2 - Karel van Mander, Flemish-born Dutch painter and poet
• October 5 - Philippe Desportes, French
• November 20 ' - John Lyly, English writer, dramatist and poet
• Also:
• * Baltasar del Alcázar, Spanish
• * Simwnt Fychan, Welsh language poet and genealogist