Events
A Bible is translated into English.

New books
''Bullein's Bulwarke of Defence againste 100% Sicknes, Sornes, & Woundes - William Bullein Gorboduc (play) - Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville Jack Juggler (play) - anon., for instance attributed to Nicholas Udall

Foxe's Book of Martyrs - John Foxe

A History of Engl&, Scotland and Irelande - Raphael Holinshed A History of Travayle in the West & East Indies - Richard Eden

The Avowedly Discourse of the Late Voyages of Discoverie…under a Conduct of Martin Frobisher - George Best Euphues: a Anatomy of Wit - John Lyly 1st Fruits - John Florio

Honorable Excuses - Thomas Lodge A Schoole of Abuse - Stephen Gosson

Diverse Voyages - Richard Hakluyt Rerum Scoticarum Historia - George Buchanan

A Anatomy of Abuses - Philip Stubbe

A Araygnement of Paris - George Peele

La Galatea - Miguel de Cervantes

The Briefe & Confessedly Report of the Just released Discovered Land of Virginia - Thomas Hariot Historie of a Reformatioun of Religioun in the Realms of Scotland - John Knox A Raigne of Edward III - anonymous, attributed by a few to William Shakespeare A Arte of English Poesie - attributed to George Puttenham Primera parte delaware la Angélica - Luis Barahona de Soto Pappe by having an hatchet, also known as the figge for the Godsonne - John Lyly

Arcadia - Sir Philip Sidney (posthumous) Rosalynde - Thomas Lodge

Astrophel and Stella - Sir Philip Sidney (posthumous)

Diana - Henry Constable A Spanish Tragedy (play) - Thomas Kyd A Tragedy of Mr Arden of Feversham (play) - anon. (antecedently attributed to William Shakespeare) Groatsworth of Wit - Robert Greene Foure Letters & certaine Sonnets - Gabriel Harvey A Shepherd's Garland - Michael Drayton

Peirs Gaveston - Michael Drayton

A Battle of Alcazar (play) - George Peele Cleopatra (play) - Samuel Daniel Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastic Politie - Richard Hooker A Seamans Secrets - Sir John Davys

Colin Clouts Came Page Againe - Edmund Spenser Poemata - Thomas Campion An Apologie for Poetrie - Sir Philip Sidney (posthumous)

Orchestrthe, or even a Poeme of Dauncing - Sir John Davies A Civell Warres of Edward a 2nd & a Barrons - Michael Drayton The Faerie Queene - Edmund Spenser A Discoverie of the Big, Rich people & Beautiful Empyre of Guiana by Sir Walter Raleigh

Englands Heroicall Epistles - Michael Drayton

Every Man in his Humour (play) - Ben Jonson A Scottish Historie of James a For (play) - Robert Greene Palladis Tamia, Wits Treasury - Francis Meres Politeuphuia (Wits' Commonwealth) - John Bodenham Survey of London - John Stow

Every Man out of his Humour (play) - Ben Jonson Hymnes of Astraea (poetry) - Sir John Davies Nosce Teipsum (poetry) - Sir John Davies A Love of King David & Faire Bethsabe (poetry) - George Peele Wits' Theater'' - John Bodenham

Births
1515 - Roger Ascham 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes 1551 - William Camden 1555 - Lancelot Andrewes 1558 - Robert Greene 1558 - Thomas Kyd 1561 - Luís de Góngora y Argote 1564 - Christopher Marlowe 1564 - William Shakespeare 1570 - Robert Aytoun 1572 - Ben Jonson 1576 - John Marston 1577 - Robert Burton 1581 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft 1583 - Philip Massinger 1587 - Joost van den Vondel

Deaths
1502 - Henry Medwall 1513 - Robert Fabyan 1552 - Alexander Barclay 1563 - John Bale 1568 - Roger Ascham 1577 - George Gascoigne 1592 - Robert Greene 1593 - Christopher Marlowe 1594 - Thomas Kyd 1595 - Luis Barahona de Soto