1606 In Literature

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EVENTS

Sir Thomas Craig becomes church procurator.

NEW BOOKS

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

NEW DRAMA

Thomas Middleton - '' The Puritan ''

William Shakespeare - '' Antony And Cleopatra ''; '' Macbeth ''

BIRTHS

February 28 - Sir William Davenant , poet and dramatist

May 12 - Joachim Von Sandrart , art historian

June 6 - Pierre Corneille , dramatist

''date unknown'' - Pierre Du Ryer , dramatist

DEATHS

October 5 - Philippe Desportes , poet

November 13 - Geronimo Mercuriali , philologist and medical writer

November 22 - Sir Henry Billingsley , translator

''date unknown'' - John Lyly , dramatist and novelist

''date unknown'' - Nicolaus Taurellus , philosopher and theologian