1594 in literature
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See also: 1593 in literature, other events of 1594, 1595 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- The Lord Chamberlain's Men are formed under the patronage of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon.
- Franciscus Gomarus becomes professor of theology at Leiden.
[edit] New books
[edit] New drama
[edit] Poetry
- Thomas Heywood - The Four Prentises of London
- William Shakespeare - The Rape of Lucrece
- Thomas Storer - Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey
- Henry Willobie - Willobie his Avisa
[edit] Non-fiction
- Sir John Davys - The Seamans Secrets
- Richard Hooker -Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
[edit] Births
- January 24 - Pierre de Marca, historian (died 1662)
- date unknown
- Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (died 1661)
- John Spelman, historian (died 1643)
- Maria Tesselschade Visscher, Dutch poet (died 1649)
[edit] Deaths
- February
- Barnabe Googe, poet (born 1540)
- William Painter, translator (born about 1540)
- April 29 - Thomas Cooper, bishop, lexicographer and writer
- June 3 - John Aylmer, constitutionalist and translator
- July - Girolamo Mei, humanist and historian (born 1519)
- July 16 - Thomas Kyd, dramatist (born 1558)
