1580 in literature

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Events

• Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III, Richardus Tertius, is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge during March.

New books

• Book of Concord
• Jean Bodin - De la demonomanie des sorciers
• John Lyly - Euphues and his England
• Michel de Montaigne - Essais

New drama

• Robert Garnier - Antigone
• Thomas Legge - Richardus Tertius

Poetry

• Luís Vaz de Camões - Luís Vaz de Camões
• Jan Kochanowski - Laments

Births

• June 9 - Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)
• September 17 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645)
• October 12 - Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633)
• date unknown
  • Charles François d'Abra de Raconis, French theologian (died 1646)
  • Thomas Adams, English religious writer (died 1652)
  • Manuel de Almeida, Spanish historian (died 1646)
  • Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (died 1664)
  • Philipp Clüver, German historian (died 1623)
  • Christophe Justel, French scholar (died 1649)
  • Ling Mengchu, Chinese vernacular writer (died 1644)
  • Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet (died 1621)
  • Francisco de Lugo, Spanish theologian (died 1652)
  • Thomas Middleton, English poet and dramatist (died 1627)

Deaths

• June 10 - Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c. 1524)
• August 20 - Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (born 1506)
• November 3 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
• date unknown
  • Hernando de Acuña, Spanish translator (born c. 1520)
  • Sebastián de Horozco, Spanist poet and dramatist (born 1510)
  • Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c1532)
  • Thomas Tusser, English poet (born 1524)
  • Hieronymus Wolf, German historian (born 1516)
• probable - Raphael Holinshed, chronicler