1558 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1558.
Events
- November 17 - Elizabethan era begins in England: the Catholic Queen Mary dies and is succeeded by her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth.
- Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, sets up a court library in his Munich Residenz, predecessor of the Bavarian State Library.
- Pietro Perna sets up his printing press in Basel.
New books
- John Dee - Propaedeumata Aphoristica
- Ser Giovanni Fiorentino - Il Pecorone
- John Knox - The first blast of the trumpet against the monstruous regiment of women (published anonymously)
- Marguerite de Navarre - Histoires des amans fortunez (edited by Pierre Boaistuau)
- Giambattista della Porta - Magia Naturalis
New drama
- Jacques Grévin - La Trésorière[1]
Poetry
- See 1558 in poetry
Births
- July 11 (baptism) – Robert Greene, English writer (died 1592)
- November 3 – Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (died 1594)[2]
- Probable year – Thomas Lodge, English writer (died 1625)
Deaths
- January 28 – Jacob Micyllus, German writer (born 1503)[3]
- May 17 – Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Portuguese poet (born 1481)
- August 11 – Justus Menius, German Lutheran theologian (born 1499)
- September 5 – Robert Broke, English legal writer (birth date unknown)
- October – Mellin de Saint-Gelais, French poet (born c. 1491)
In literature
- October – The novel La Princesse de Clèves (1678) opens at this date.
