1626 in literature

The year 1626 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

• Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud.
• John Beaumont is made a baronet.

New books

• Francis Bacon - The New Atlantis
• Nicholas Breton - Fantastickes
• Robert Fludd - Philosophia Sacra
• Marie de Gournay - Les Femmes et Grief des Dames ("The Ladies' Grievance")
• Francisco de Quevedo - El Buscón

New drama

• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen
• John Fletcher and collaborators - The Fair Maid of the Inn
• William Heminges - The Jews' Tragedy
• Jean Mairet - La Sylvie
• Thomas May - Cleopatra
• Thomas Middleton - The Triumphs of Health and Prosperity
• Tirso de Molina - La Huerta de San Juan
• James Shirley - The Maid's Revenge; The Brothers

Births

• February 5 - Madame de Sévigné, letter-writer (died 1696)
• March 12 - John Aubrey, antiquarian writer (died 1697)
• June 3 - Philippe Goibaud-Dubois, writer and translator (died 1703)
• date unknown
  • George Dalgarno, linguistics expert (died 1687)
  • Elizabeth Egerton, Countess of Bridgewater, poet and dramatist (died 1663)
  • Alonso de Olmedo y Ormeño, Spanish actor and dramatist (died 1682)

Deaths

• February - William Rowley, dramatist (born c.1585)
• September 25
  • Lancelot Andrewes, preacher and author (born 1555)
  • Théophile de Viau, poet and dramatist (born 1590)
• October 19 - Béroalde de Verville, poet and novelist (born 1556)
• December 8 - Sir John Davies, poet (born 1569)
• date unknown
  • Nicholas Breton, poet and novelist (born c. 1545)
  • Samuel Purchas, travel writer (born c. 1575)
  • William Rowley, dramatist (born c. 1585)
  • Cyril Tourneur, dramatist (born 1575)