about the literary events and publications of 1581. January – Francis Bacon takes his seat as an MP in the Parliament of England for the Cornish pocket...

1581 (MDLXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Thursday...

Shahi (Abbas Sarwani) 1581 in literature – Second Book of Discipline, Jerusalem Delivered (Tasso), Ostrog Bible 1582 in literature – Divers Voyages (Richard...

Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx, opens at the court of Catherine de' Medici in the Louvre Palace in Paris as part of the wedding celebrations for Marguerite of Lorraine...

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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Italian poet Torquato Tasso's epic poem...

the year 1581 in art. September 19 – Arnold Bronckhorst is appointed first court painter to James VI of Scotland. Construction of the Uffizi in Florence...

1579 Stephen Gosson – The Schoole of Abuse Thomas Lodge – Honest Excuses 1581 Barnabe Riche – Riche his Farewell to Militarie Profession conteining verie...

a primer printed by John Kearney in Dublin. Laurentian Library in Florence opens to scholars. Edict of Gaillon in France places enforcement of censorship...

Chidiock Tichborne, imprisoned in the Tower of London on the eve of being hanged, drawn and quartered for his part in the Babington Plot, writes his Elegy...