1575 in literature

Events

• July – Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.
• September 26 – Miguel de Cervantes is captured by Barbary pirates.
• unknown date
• *The first primer in the Estonian language is published.
• *First printed version of Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor appears. It was originally written in 1335.

  New books

Prose

• Anonymous – Arbatel de magia veterum
• Ulpian Fulwell – The Flower of Fame

  Drama

• George Gascoigne – The Glass of Government

  Poetry

• Veronica Franco – Terze rime

  Births

• April – Jakob Böhme, German theologian
• August 14 – Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet
• August 15 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist
• Unknown dates
• *David Calderwood, Scottish historian
• *John Cotta, English physician and writer
• *Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Italian Jesuit scholar
• *Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist
• *William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist

  Deaths

• March 11 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian writing in Latin
• June 9 – Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
• July 14 – Richard Taverner, English Bible translator
• August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet
• September 17 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian
• December 1 – Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian
• December 18 – Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet
• unknown dates
• *Sir William Stevenson, English poet
• *Isabel de Josa, Catalan writer