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Overview of the events of 1564 in literature
Overview of the events of 1564 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1564 .
Events January – János Zsámboky (Johannes Sambucus) completes the preface to his Emblemata .[1]
February 6 – John Calvin , in the throes of his final illness, preaches his last sermon, in Geneva.[2] .
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New books Prose Drama Vishnu Varamballi – Virata Parva (earliest copy)[4] Poetry Births February 26 (baptised) – Christopher Marlowe , English dramatist and poet (died 1593 )March 9 – David Fabricius , German theologian (died 1617 )March 20 – Thomas Morton , English polemicist and bishop (died 1659 )April 26 (baptism, traditional date of birth April 23) – William Shakespeare , English dramatist and poet (died 1616 )[5] Unknown dates
Jean D'Espagnet , French lawyer, politician and author (died c. 1637)Kryštof Harant , Czech nobleman, traveller, humanist, soldier, writer and composer (died 1621 )Henry Reynolds , English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic (died 1632 )Juan de Aguilar Villaquirán , Spanish writer and translator (died 1618 )Probable birth year – Henry Chettle , English dramatist and pamphleteer (died c. 1607)[6] Deaths March 5 – Friedrich Staphylus , German theologian (born 1512 )April – Pierre Belon , French naturalist and travel writer (murdered, born 1517 )
April 1 – Christoph Froschauer , Swiss printer (plague, born c. 1490)1489
)May 2 – Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi , Italian humanist and patron of the arts (born 1500 )[8] May 27 – John Calvin , French-born theologian (born 1509 )[9] August 11 – Edward Ferrers , credited as an English dramatist (unknown date of birth)[10] Theodor Bibliander
, German theologian and publisher (plague, born c. 1505)
References 
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ferrers, Edward". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
