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The year 1625 in literature involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• On January 1, the King's Men act Henry IV, Part 1 at Whitehall Palace.
• John Milton enters Christ's College, Cambridge.
• Sir Richard Baker's Oxfordshire property is seized as a result of his debts.
• The London theatres are closed for most of the year, due to an outbreak of bubonic plague. When the epidemic abates with the cooler weather in October, a new company premiers under royal patronage, Queen Henrietta's Men.
• Cyril Tourneur becomes secretary to the council of war and joins the catastrophic Cadiz expedition under Sir Edward Cecil.

[edit] New books

• Francis Bacon - Complete Essays
• Ludovico Zuccolo - La Repubblica d' Evandria

[edit] New drama

• Alexandre Hardy - Mariamne published
• Ben Jonson - The Staple of News
  • - The Fortunate Isles and Their Union
• Racan - Les bergeries
• James Shirley - Love Tricks, or the School of Complement

[edit] Poetry

• Honoré d'Urfé - Sylvanire

[edit] Births

• August 20 - Thomas Corneille, dramatist (died 1709)
• date unknown - François Bernier, travel writer (died 1688)

[edit] Deaths

• June 1 - Honoré d'Urfé, novelist (born 1568)
• August - John Fletcher, dramatist (born 1579)
• September 6 - Thomas Dempster, historian (born 1579)
• September 20 - Heinrich Meibom, poet and historian (born 1555)
• date unknown - Thomas Lodge, dramatist (born c1558)