1606 in literature
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See also: 1605 in literature, other events of 1606, 1607 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Sir Thomas Craig becomes church procurator.
[edit] New books
- Thomas Dekker - The Double PP
- Thomas Dekker - News From Hell
- The King James Version of the Holy Bible
[edit] New drama
- Unknown, perhaps Thomas Middleton or Cyril Tourneur - The Revenger's Tragedy
- John Day - The Isle of Gulls
- Ben Jonson - Volpone
- Thomas Middleton - The Puritan
- William Shakespeare - Antony and Cleopatra; Macbeth
[edit] Births
- February 28 - Sir William Davenant, poet and dramatist (died 1668)
- May 12 - Joachim von Sandrart, art historian (died 1688)
- June 6 - Pierre Corneille, dramatist (died 1684)
- date unknown - Pierre du Ryer, dramatist (died 1658)
[edit] Deaths
- October 5 - Philippe Desportes, poet (born 1546)
- November 13 - Geronimo Mercuriali, philologist and medical writer (born 1530)
- November 22 - Sir Henry Billingsley, translator
- date unknown - John Lyly, dramatist and novelist (born c1553)
- date unknown - Nicolaus Taurellus, philosopher and theologian (born 1547)
