1616 in Literature - Events

Events

  • January 1 - King James I of England attends the masque The Golden Age Restored, a satire by Ben Jonson on fallen court favorite the Earl of Somerset. The king asks for a repeat performance on January 4.
  • February 1 - King James I of England grants Ben Jonson an annual pension of 100 marks, making him de facto poet laureate.
  • March 5 - Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Roman Catholic Church.
  • October/November - Ben Jonson's satirical five-act comedy The Devil is an Ass is produced at the Blackfriars Theatre, London, by the King's Men, poking fun at contemporary credence in witchcraft (published 1631).
  • November 6/25 - Ben Jonson's works are published in a collected folio edition; the first of any English playwright.
  • December 25 - Ben Jonson's Christmas, His Masque is presented before King James I of England.
  • George Chapman's translations of Homer, previously issued in piecemeal fashion, are published complete for the first time, as The Whole Works of Homer, the first full English-language edition.

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