1563 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1563.

Events

• August - Michel de Montaigne writes a long letter to his father, describing the death of his friend Étienne de La Boétie.

New books

• Yosef Caro - Shulchan Aruch
• John Foxe - Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
• Richard Grafton - Abridgement of the Chronicles of England.
• Garcia de Orta - Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India.
• Pierino Belli - De re militari et de bello.
• Francesco Cattani da Diacceto - Opera omnia (Basle).

Poetry

• Barnaby Googe - Eclogues, Epitaphs, and Sonnets

Births

• January 19 – Leonhard Hutter, German Lutheran theologian (died 1616)
• January 30 – Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch Calvinist theologian (died 1641)
• Unknown dates
  • Michael Drayton, English poet (died 1631)
  • Pierre Matthieu, French poet and dramatist (died 1621)
  • Robert Naunton, English politician and historian (died 1635)
  • Joshua Sylvester, English poet (died 1618)
  • Clemens Timpler, German philosopher (died 1624)

Deaths

• May 21 – Martynas Mažvydas, author of first printed book in Lithuanian (born 1510)
• August 18 – Étienne de La Boétie, French philosopher (born 1530)
• November – John Bale, English historian (born 1495)
• December 29 – Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (born 1515)
• Probable year – Arthur Brooke, English poet (birth year not known)
• Approximate year – William Baldwin, English writer, editor and theatrical director (born c. 1515)