Events

• Sir Philip Sidney meets Penelope Devereaux, the inspiration for his Astrophel and Stella.

New books

• Anonymous - Arbatel de magia veterum

New drama

• George Gascoigne - The Glass of Government published

Poetry

• See 1575 in poetry

Births

• August 14 - Robert Hayman, Newfoundland poet (d. 1629)
• August 15 - Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist (d. 1650)
• date unknown
• Jakob Böhme, German theologian (d. 1624)
• David Calderwood, Scottish historian (d. 1650)
• John Cotta, physician and writer (d. 1650)
• Giovanni Stefano Menochio, Jesuit scholar (d. 1655)
• Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (d. 1626)
• William Vaughan, Welsh writer and colonist (d. 1641)

Deaths

• March 11 - Matthias Flacius, Lutheran theologian (b. 1520)
• July 14 - Richard Taverner, Bible translator (b. c. 1505)
• September 17 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian (b. 1504)
• December 18 - Marcin Bielski, Polish chronicler and poet (b. 1495)
• date unknown
• Diogo de Paiva de Andrada, Portuguese theologian (b. 1528)
• Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish novelist and poet (b. 1503)
• Paulus Aemilius, Hebrew bibliographer and publisher
• Sir William Stevenson, English poet (b. 1530)