This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1610.
Events
New books
Prose
Drama
Poetry
Births
- January 10 â Louis Maimbourg, French historian (died 1686)
- January 15 (baptised) â Sidney Godolphin, English poet, politician and soldier (killed in action 1643)
- April 1 â Charles de Saint-ÃÂvremond, French soldier, critic and essayist (died 1703)
- July 4 â Paul Scarron, French poet, dramatist and novelist (died 1660)
- July 18 â Antonio de SolÃÂs y Ribadeneyra, Spanish dramatist and historian (died 1686)
- July 28 (baptised) â Henry Glapthorne, English dramatist (died c. 1643)
- December 18 â Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (died 1688)
- Unknown dates
- Richard Bulstrode, English author and soldier (died 1711)
- Edmund Chilmead, English writer and translator (died 1654)
- Reinhold Curicke, German historian of the Hanseatic League (died 1667)
- Jeremias de Dekker, Dutch poet (died 1666)
- Jin Shengtan, born Jin Renrui, Chinese editor, writer and critic (died 1661)
- Li Yu (æÂÂæ¼Â), Chinese comic writer (died 1680)
- François Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (died 1683)
- Madeleine Patin, French moralist writer (died 1682)
Deaths
- July â Richard Knolles, English historian (born c. 1545)
- August 27 â Anne Bacon, English translator (born c. 1528)
- September 22 â Jan Moretus, Flemish printer (born 1543)
- November 21 â Benet Canfield, English mystical writer (born 1562)
- November 23 â Bernard de Girard Haillan, French historian (born c. 1535)
- November 28 â Lorenzo Scupoli, Italian theologian (born c. 1530)
- unknown dates
- Adam Berg, German printer and publisher (born 1540)
- Georgios Chortatzis, Greek verse dramatist (born c. 1545)
- Nikola Vitov GuÃÂetiÃÂ, Ragusan philosopher and science writer (born 1549)
- Yuan Hongdao (è¢Âå®ÂéÂÂ), Chinese poet (born 1568)
- probable
- Peter Bales, English inventor of shorthand (born 1547)
- Philip Stubbs, English pamphleteer (born c. 1555)
References