Events
- January 1 - The King's Men act Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Court on the evening of January 1;
- November 1 - The King's Men perform Othello at Whitehall Palace.
- November 4 - The King's Men perform The Merry Wives of Windsor at Whitehall Palace.
- December 26 - The King's Men perform Measure for Measure at Court.
- December 28 - The King's Men perform The Comedy of Errors at Court.
- December - A report from December indicates that the King's Men are performing a play on the politically sensitive subject of the Gowrie Conspiracy; the play was suppressed and has not survived — but did not impact the company's general success.
- First known performance of a Shakespeare play in translation: Romeo and Juliet is performed at Nördlingen in Bavaria in an anonymous German version, Von Romeo undth Julitha.
- Last performances of the Beverley miracle plays.
- Isaac Casaubon becomes sub-librarian of the royal library in Paris.
- Construction of the Red Bull Theatre in London.
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