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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Publication of the first complete Spanish translation of the Bible, Reina-Valera (the "Bible of the Bear")

New books

• Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga - La Araucana, part 1
• Magdeburg Centuries, vol. XII

New drama

Poetry

• See 1569 in poetry

Births

• January 2 - Heribert Rosweyde, hagiographer (died 1629)
• April 16 - Sir John Davies, English poet (died 1626)
• date unknown
  • Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish dramatist (died 1631)
  • Emilia Lanier, first English professional woman poet (died 1645)
  • Hieronymus Medices, philosopher and editor of the work of Thomas Aquinas
  • Piotr Zbylitowski, Polish poet and satirist (died 1649)
• probable - Barnabe Barnes, poet and dramatist (died 1609)

Deaths

• May 10 - Saint John of Avila, preacher and author (born 1500)
• September 5 - Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (born 1493)
• October 20 - João de Barros, Portuguese historian (born 1496)
• November 29 - António Ferreira, Portuguese poet (born 1528)
• date unknown - Georg Pictorius, physician and author (born c. 1500)