1624 in literature
Events
Events
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* [January 18](/wiki/January_18 "January 18") – The [King's Men](/wiki/King%27s_Men_%28playing_company%29 "King's Men (playing company)") perform [William Shakespeare](/wiki/William_Shakespeare "William Shakespeare")'s *[The Winter's Tale](/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale "The Winter's Tale")* at [Whitehall Palace](/wiki/Whitehall_Palace "Whitehall Palace").
* [August 5](/wiki/August_5 "August 5")–[14](/wiki/August_14 "August 14") – The King's Men perform [Thomas Middleton](/wiki/Thomas_Middleton "Thomas Middleton")'s [satire](/wiki/Satire "Satire") *[A Game at Chess](/wiki/A_Game_at_Chess "A Game at Chess")* at the [Globe Theatre](/wiki/Globe_Theatre "Globe Theatre"), London, until it is suppressed in view of its allusions to the [Spanish Match](/wiki/Spanish_Match "Spanish Match").Edward M. Wilson and Olga Turner, "The Spanish Protest Against A Game at Chesse," *Modern Language Review* 44 (1949\), p. 480\.
* [August 26](/wiki/August_26 "August 26") – [Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor](/wiki/Ferdinand_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor "Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor"), requires the [legal deposit](/wiki/Legal_deposit "Legal deposit") of new books to the *Hof\-Bibliothek''' ("Imperial Library") in [Vienna](/wiki/Vienna "Vienna"), the modern\-day [Austrian National Library](/wiki/Austrian_National_Library "Austrian National Library").
December – The King's Men get into further trouble for performing [Philip Massinger](/wiki/Philip_Massinger "Philip Massinger")'s*
* [The Spanish Viceroy](/wiki/The_Spanish_Viceroy "The Spanish Viceroy") *without a licence from the [Master of the Revels](/wiki/Master_of_the_Revels "Master of the Revels").
[December 20](/wiki/December_20 "December 20") – The King's Men provide Sir [Henry Herbert (Master of the Revels)](/wiki/Henry_Herbert_%28Master_of_the_Revels%29 "Henry Herbert (Master of the Revels)") with a "submission," a written apology, signed by each actor who had taken part in*
* The Spanish Viceroy *earlier in the month. The signatories include [Robert Benfield](/wiki/Robert_Benfield "Robert Benfield"), [George Birch](/wiki/King%27s_Men_personnel "King's Men personnel"), [John Lowin](/wiki/John_Lowin "John Lowin"), [Thomas Pollard](/wiki/Thomas_Pollard "Thomas Pollard"), [John Rice](/wiki/King%27s_Men_personnel "King's Men personnel"), [Richard Robinson](/wiki/Richard_Robinson_%2817th-century_actor%29 "Richard Robinson (17th-century actor)"), [William Rowley](/wiki/William_Rowley "William Rowley"), [John Shank](/wiki/John_Shank "John Shank"), [Richard Sharpe](/wiki/Richard_Sharpe_%28actor%29 "Richard Sharpe (actor)"), [Eliard Swanston](/wiki/Eliard_Swanston "Eliard Swanston"), and [Joseph Taylor](/wiki/Joseph_Taylor_%2817th-century_actor%29 "Joseph Taylor (17th-century actor)").*

New books
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### Prose

Anonymous – * The Origin of Idolatry *(falsely attributed to [Isaac Casaubon](/wiki/Isaac_Casaubon "Isaac Casaubon"))
[Jean Louis Guez de Balzac](/wiki/Jean_Louis_Guez_de_Balzac "Jean Louis Guez de Balzac") –*
* Lettres*[Jacob Boehme](/wiki/Jacob_Boehme "Jacob Boehme") –*
* The Way of Christ*[George Carleton](/wiki/George_Carleton_%28bishop%29 "George Carleton (bishop)") –*
* Astrologomania, the Madnesse of Astrologes; or, an Examination of Sir [Christopher Heydon](/wiki/Christopher_Heydon "Christopher Heydon")'s Booke, intituled, A Defence of Judiciarie Astrologie*[Philipp Clüver](/wiki/Philipp_Cl%C3%BCver "Philipp Clüver") –*
* Italia Antiqua *(posthumous)
[John Donne](/wiki/John_Donne "John Donne") –*
* [Devotions upon Emergent Occasions](/wiki/Devotions_upon_Emergent_Occasions "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions")*[Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury](/wiki/Edward_Herbert%2C_1st_Baron_Herbert_of_Cherbury "Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury") –*
* [De Veritate](/wiki/De_Veritate "De Veritate") *(On Truth)
[Tirso de Molina](/wiki/Tirso_de_Molina "Tirso de Molina") –*
* [Cigarrales de Toledo](/wiki/Cigarrales_de_Toledo "Cigarrales de Toledo")*[Jens Munk](/wiki/Jens_Munk "Jens Munk") –*
* Navigatio Septentrionalis (An account of a most dangerous voyage)*
[Martin Opitz](/wiki/Martin_Opitz "Martin Opitz") –*
* Buch von den Teutschen Poetery *(putting forward formal rules for German poetry)
Captain [John Smith](/wiki/John_Smith_%28explorer%29 "John Smith (explorer)") –*
* [The Generall Historie of Virginia, New\-England, and the Summer Isles](/wiki/The_Generall_Historie_of_Virginia%2C_New-England%2C_and_the_Summer_Isles "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles")*[Edward Winslow](/wiki/Edward_Winslow "Edward Winslow") –*
* Good Newes from New England, or a True Relation of Things very Remarkable at the Plantation of Plimouth in New England*Sir [Henry Wotton](/wiki/Henry_Wotton "Henry Wotton") –*
* The Elements of Architecture *(translation of [Vitruvius](/wiki/Vitruvius "Vitruvius"))*

### Drama

Anonymous – * Nero *(published)
[Robert Davenport](/wiki/Robert_Davenport_%28dramatist%29 "Robert Davenport (dramatist)") –*
* [The City Nightcap](/wiki/The_City_Nightcap "The City Nightcap")*
[Thomas Drue](/wiki/Thomas_Drue "Thomas Drue") –*
* The Duchess of Suffolk*
[Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán](/wiki/Feliciana_Enr%C3%ADquez_de_Guzm%C3%A1n "Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán") –*
* Los jardines y campos sabeos *(published)
[John Ford](/wiki/John_Ford_%28dramatist%29 "John Ford (dramatist)") and [Thomas Dekker](/wiki/Thomas_Dekker_%28poet%29 "Thomas Dekker (poet)") –*
* [The Sun's Darling](/wiki/The_Sun%27s_Darling "The Sun's Darling")*[Ben Jonson](/wiki/Ben_Jonson "Ben Jonson") –*
* [Neptune's Triumph for the Return of Albion](/wiki/Neptune%27s_Triumph_for_the_Return_of_Albion "Neptune's Triumph for the Return of Albion")*[Philip Massinger](/wiki/Philip_Massinger "Philip Massinger")*
	+ - [The Parliament of Love](/wiki/The_Parliament_of_Love "The Parliament of Love")
	+ [The Bondman](/wiki/The_Bondman "The Bondman") *(published)
	[Thomas Middleton](/wiki/Thomas_Middleton "Thomas Middleton") –*
* [A Game at Chess](/wiki/A_Game_at_Chess "A Game at Chess")

### Poetry

[Bernardo de Balbuena](/wiki/Bernardo_de_Balbuena "Bernardo de Balbuena") – * El Bernardo

Births
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[February 11](/wiki/February_11 "February 11") – [Ivan Ančić](/wiki/Ivan_An%C4%8Di%C4%87 "Ivan Ančić"), Croatian theologian (died [1685](/wiki/1685_in_literature "1685 in literature"))
[October 30](/wiki/October_30 "October 30") – [Paul Pellisson](/wiki/Paul_Pellisson "Paul Pellisson"), French historian (died [1693](/wiki/1693_in_literature "1693 in literature"))
November 2 * + - (baptised) *– [Edward Howard](/wiki/Edward_Howard_%28playwright%29 "Edward Howard (playwright)"), English playwright and poet (died [1712](/wiki/1712_in_literature "1712 in literature"))*
* unknown date *– [Francesc Mulet](/wiki/Francesc_Mulet "Francesc Mulet"), Spanish comic writer (died [1675](/wiki/1675_in_literature "1675 in literature"))*

Deaths
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[February 4](/wiki/February_4 "February 4") – [Vicente Espinel](/wiki/Vicente_Espinel "Vicente Espinel"), Spanish writer and musician (born [1550](/wiki/1550_in_literature "1550 in literature"))
[February 13](/wiki/February_13 "February 13") – [Stephen Gosson](/wiki/Stephen_Gosson "Stephen Gosson"), English satirist (born [1544](/wiki/1544_in_literature "1544 in literature"))
[February 16](/wiki/February_16 "February 16") – [Luis de la Puente](/wiki/Luis_de_la_Puente "Luis de la Puente"), Spanish theologian (born [1554](/wiki/1554_in_literature "1554 in literature"))
[February 24](/wiki/February_24 "February 24") – [Paul Laurentius](/wiki/Paul_Laurentius "Paul Laurentius"), German theologian (born [1544](/wiki/1544_in_literature "1544 in literature"))
August – [George Wyatt](/wiki/George_Wyatt_%28writer%29 "George Wyatt (writer)"), English biographer (born [1553](/wiki/1553_in_literature "1553 in literature"))
[November 17](/wiki/November_17 "November 17") – [Jakob Böhme](/wiki/Jakob_B%C3%B6hme "Jakob Böhme"), German theologian (born [1575](/wiki/1575_in_literature "1575 in literature"))
[December 9](/wiki/December_9 "December 9") – [Flaminio Scala](/wiki/Flaminio_Scala "Flaminio Scala"), Italian actor and dramatist (born [1575](/wiki/1575_in_literature "1575 in literature"))
[December 15](/wiki/December_15 "December 15") – [Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza](/wiki/Jer%C3%B3nimo_Bautista_Lanuza "Jerónimo Bautista Lanuza"), Spanish bishop and writer (born [1533](/wiki/1533_in_literature "1533 in literature"))
* + - * + - * + - unknown date (latest possible year)'' – [Mark Ridley](/wiki/Mark_Ridley_%28physician%29 "Mark Ridley (physician)"), English lexicographer of Russian and physician (born [1560](/wiki/1560_in_literature "1560 in literature"))Gerald Stone, "Ridley, Mark (born 1560, died in or before 1624\)", *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography* (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004\) [Retrieved 2 August 2017\.](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23630)

Was Paul Laurentius part of any notable organizations or movements?