This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1564.
Events
New books
Prose
Drama
- Vishnu Varamballi – Virata Parva (earliest copy)
Poetry
Births
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February 26 (baptised) – Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist and poet (died 1593)
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March 9 – David Fabricius, German theologian (died 1617)
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March 20 – Thomas Morton, English polemicist and bishop (died 1659)
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April 26 (baptism, traditional date of birth April 23) – William Shakespeare, English dramatist and poet (died 1616)
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Unknown dates
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Jean D'Espagnet, French lawyer, politician and author (died c. 1637)
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Kryštof Harant, Czech nobleman, traveller, humanist, soldier, writer and composer (died 1621)
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Henry Reynolds, English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic (died 1632)
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Juan de Aguilar Villaquirán, Spanish writer and translator (died 1618)
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Probable birth year – Henry Chettle, English dramatist and pamphleteer (died c. 1607)
Deaths
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March 5 – Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (born 1512)
- April – Pierre Belon, French naturalist and travel writer (murdered, born 1517)
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April 1 – Christoph Froschauer, Swiss printer (plague, born c. 1490)
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April 9 – Georg Hartmann, German humanist engineer, author and printer (born 1489)
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May 27 – John Calvin, French-born theologian (born 1509)
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August 11 – Edward Ferrers, credited as an English dramatist (unknown date of birth)
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September 26 – Theodor Bibliander, German theologian and publisher (plague, born c. 1505)