1569 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1569.Events
Prose
- Henry de Bracton – De legibus & consuetudinibus Angliæ, first printed
- Robert Henryson – The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian, publication begins
- Magdeburge Centurien , volume XII
- Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde – Biëncorf der Heilige Roomsche Kercke
Drama
- Thomas Preston – A lamentable tragedy mixed ful of pleaſant mirth, the life of Cambises King of Percia
Poetry
- See 1569 in poetry
- Alonso de Ercilla – La Araucana, part 1
Births
- January 2 – Heribert Rosweyde, Netherlandish hagiographer
- April 16 – Sir John Davies, English poet
- c. December? – Henry Ainsworth, English theologian
- Unknown dates
- *Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist
- *Heo Gyun, Korean politician, scholar, and writer
- *Emilia Lanier, English poet
- *Hieronymus Medices, Italian philosopher and editor of work of Thomas Aquinas
- *Piotr Zbylitowski, Polish poet and satirist
- probable – Barnabe Barnes, English poet and dramatist
Deaths
- January 20 – Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator
- May 10 – Saint John of Avila, Spanish preacher and author
- September 5 – Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet
- September/October – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author
- November 29 – António Ferreira, Portuguese poet
- Unknown date – Georg Pictorius, German physician and author
