This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1626.
Events 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. 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. December 27 – Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud (died 1640).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 ), p. 68.
New books Prose Francis Bacon – The New Atlantis Nicholas Breton – Fantastickes Alonso de Castillo Solórzano – Jornadas alegres Robert Fludd – Philosophia Sacra"Roberti Fludd ..." Philosophia sacra et vere christiana seu meteorologia cosmica (Google eBook) Accessed 1 February 2013 Marie de Gournay – Les Femmes et Grief des Dames (The Ladies' Grievance)Grief des dames. Francisco de Quevedo – El Buscón (first published edition – unauthorized)
Drama 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 Tirso de Molina – La Huerta de San Juan James Shirley – The Maid's Revenge; The Brothers
Births January – Robert Howard, English dramatist and politician (died 1698) February 5 – Madame de Sévigné, French letter writer (died 1696) March 12 – John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (died 1697) July 25 – Gerard Brandt, Dutch dramatist and historian (died 1685) September 8 – Simon Patrick, English theologian and bishop (died 1707) October 6 – Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (died 1684) Unknown dates Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, English poet and dramatist (died 1663) Alonso de Olmedo y Ormeño, Spanish actor and dramatist (died 1682)
Deaths February – William Rowley, English dramatist (born c. 1585) February 28 – Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (born 1575) September 25 Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and bishop (born 1555) Théophile de Viau, French poet and dramatist (born 1590) October 19 (estimated) – Béroalde de Verville, French poet and novelist (born 1556) December 8 – Sir John Davies, English poet (born 1569) unknown date – Samuel Purchas, English miscellanist and travel writer (born c. 1577) probable – Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist (born c. 1545)
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