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Events and trends 1605–1615 – Miguel de Cervantes writes the two parts of Don Quixote. 1616: April – Death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. 1630-1651: William Bradford writes Of Plymouth Plantation, journals that are considered the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and their government. 1660–1669 – Samuel Pepys writes his diary which not only covers his life but also the daily and historic events in London during his time. 1667–68 – Marianna Alcoforado writes her Letters of a Portuguese Nun. 1671–1696 – Madame de Sévigné writes her famous letters. Metaphysical poets - a term made by Samuel Johnson for a group of 17th century English poets. German literature of the Baroque period New books and plays 1600 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare England's Helicon (anthology) – including work by Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Thomas Lodge, Philip Sidney and others Old Fortunatus – Thomas Dekker The Spanish Moor's Tragedy – Thomas Dekker, John Marston, and William Haughton 1601 Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare Cynthia's Revels – Ben Jonson Disputationes Metaphysicae by Francisco Suárez first published Satiromastix – Thomas Dekker 1602 Rymes by Lope de Vega Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Antonio and Mellida (play) – John Marston Mirum in Modum (poetry) – John Davies of Hereford Satiromastix (play) – Thomas Dekker and John Marston A Survey of Cornwall – Richard Carew 1603 The True Law of Free Monarchies by King James VI and I Ane Godlie Dreame (poem) by Elizabeth Melville published in Edinburgh Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Othello by William Shakespeare The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (published) 1604 All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare The Honest Whore (play) – Thomas Dekker The Malcontent (play) – John Marston 1605 Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare The Dutch Courtesan (play) – John Marston The Tragedy of Philotas (play) – Samuel Daniel The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare Don Quixote (El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha), Part I – Miguel de Cervantes Epistle concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue – Richard Carew 1606 Macbeth by William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare 1607 A Woman Killed with Kindness (play) – Thomas Heywood Bussy D'Ambois (play) – George Chapman Michaelmas Terme (play) – Thomas Middleton The Knight of the Burning Pestle (play) – Francis Beaumont The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyatt (play) – Thomas Dekker and John Webster The Legend of Great Cromwell – Michael Drayton Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare The Revenger's Tragedy by Thomas Middleton 1608 Coriolanus by William Shakespeare A Nest of Ninnies – Robert Armin Humour out of Breathe (play) – John Day The Belman of London (play) – Thomas Dekker The Merry Devil of Edmonton (play) – anonymous; has been attributed to William Shakespeare, Michael Drayton and others. 1609 The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare Jerusalem Conquered (epic poem) by Lope de Vega Fourre Birds of Noahs Arke – Thomas Dekker 1610 Sidereus Nuncius by Galileo Galilei Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Faithful Shepherdess (play) – John Fletcher 1611 Fuente Ovejuna (play) – Lope de Vega The Authorized Version (King James version) of the Bible The Tempest by William Shakespeare Catiline his Conspiracy (play) – Ben Jonson The Roaring Girle (play) – Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton 1612 Four Soluloquies – Lope de Vega El comendador de Ocaña (Ocaña's mayor) – Lope de Vega A Woman is a Weather-Cocke – Nathan Field 1613 Soledades – Luis de Góngora La dama boba (the fool lady) – Lope de Vega The Dog in the Manger (play) – Lope de Vega Henry VIII by William Shakespeare Tears on the Death of Moeliades – William Drummond of Hawthornden The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois – George Chapman Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages – Samuel Purchas 1614 Bartholomew Fair (play) – Ben Jonson La Lira by Giambattista Marino Fama fraternitatis Roseae Crucis oder Die Bruderschaft des Ordens der Rosenkreuzer – Johannes Valentinus Andreae 1615 Don Quixote, Part II – Miguel de Cervantes El caballero de Olmedo (The knight from Olmedo) (play) – Lope de Vega Confessio oder Bekenntnis der Societät und Bruderschaft Rosenkreuz – Johannes Valentinus Andreae 1616 Ben Jonson's Works The Whole Works of Homer – George Chapman Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosencreutz Anno 1459 – Johannes Valentinus Andreae Rollo, Duke of Normandy (also known as The Bloody Brother) (?1616–30?) – John Fletcher, Ben Jonson, Philip Massinger, George Chapman (The drinking song) 1617 Warenar (play) by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft A Faire Quarrell (play) – Thomas Middleton and William Rowley 1618 History of Tythes – John Selden Amends for Ladies (play) – Nathan Field 1619 A King and No King (play) – Beaumont and Fletcher The Maid's Tragedy (play) – Beaumont and Fletcher The Shoemaker's Holiday – Thomas Deloney The Custome of the Countrey – John Fletcher and Philip Massinger Reipublicae Christianopolitanae descriptio – Johannes Valentinus Andreae 1620 Philaster – Beaumont and Fletcher 1621 The Anatomy of Melancholy – Robert Burton Women Beware Women – Thomas Middleton El vergonzoso en palacio – Tirso de Molina The Countess of Montgomery's Urania – Lady Mary Wroth 1623 The Heir (play) – Thomas May The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh – Francis Bacon The French Disease – Richard Brome The Beggar's Bush – John Fletcher El tejedor de Segovia – Juan Ruiz de Alarcón The Changeling – Thomas Middleton and William Rowley text 1623 L'Adone by Giambattista Marino Love, honour and power (play) – Pedro Calderón de la Barca The Duchess of Malfi – John Webster First Folio – William Shakespeare 1624 Circe (poem) bu Lope de Vega Nero Caesar, or Monarchie Depraved – Edmund Bolton The Sun's Darling – John Ford 1625 De jure belli ac pacis by Hugo Grotius Complete Essays – Francis Bacon Les Bergeries – Racan 1626 El Buscón – Francisco de Quevedo 1627 England's schim (play) – Pedro Calderón de la Barca The Bataile of Agincourt – Michael Drayton First Steps up Parnassus – Michael Drayton 1628 Microcosmographie – John Earle 1629 The Roman Actor (play) – Philip Massinger La Dama Duende (play) – Pedro Calderón de la Barca The Tragedy of Albovine (play) – William D'Avenant 1630 The Conceited Pedlar – Thomas Randolph 1631 The punishment without vengeance (play) – Lope de Vega 1632 L'Allegro – John Milton La Dorotea – Lope de Vega The Fatal Dowry (play) – Nathan Field and Philip Massinger Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei The Muses' Looking-Glass by Thomas Randolph 1633 A New Way to Pay Old Debts (play) – Philip Massinger Love's Sacrifice (play) – John Ford The Gamester (play) – James Shirley The Temple (poetry) – George Herbert 1634 Tottenham Court (play) – Thomas Nabbes 1636 Life is a dream (play) – Pedro Calderón de l.... 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    Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

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