Events
- January 1 - The King's Men perform Cymbeline at the court of King Charles I of England.
- January 22 - The King's Men perform Davenant's The Wits at the Blackfriars Theatre.
- February 3 - James Shirley's spectacular masque The Triumph of Peace is staged in London. A repeat performance takes place on February 13.
- February 6 - Shirley's play The Gamester is performed at court.
- February 18 - Thomas Carew's masque Coelum Britannicum is staged at Whitehall Palace.
- April 7 - The King's Men perform Chapman's Bussy D'Ambois at court.
- April 8 - The Two Noble Kinsmen is entered into the Stationers' Register; it is published later in the year.
- May 1 - Lodowick Carlell's play The Spartan Lady (now lost) is performed.
- May 21 - A play called Lisander and Callista is performed — probably a version of the Fletcher/Massinger collaboration The Lovers' Progress.
- July 30 - Ben Jonson's final masque, Love's Welcome at Bolsover, is performed at Bolsover Castle.
- The Académie française is founded by Cardinal Richelieu.
- The Duke de Medinaceli forces Francisco de Quevedo into a short-lived marriage with Doña Esperanza de Aragón.
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