1606 in poetry
# 1606 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

## Works

### English

* Samuel Daniel, The Queenes Arcadia: A pastoral tragecomedie
* John Davies, Bien Venu: Greate Britaines welcome to hir greate friendes, and deere breathren, the Danes
* Thomas Dekker, The Double PP: a Papist in Armes, published anonymously
* Michael Drayton's Poems Lyrick and Pastorall, including "The Ballad of Agincourt"
* John Ford, Fames Memoriall; or, The Earle of Devonshire Deceased, on the death of Charles Blount
* John Hind, Eliosto Libidinoso, contains some verse
* Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, A Foure-Fould Meditation, of the Foure Last Things, also has been ascribed to Robert Southwell ("RS"), but The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature states Howard wrote it
* King James Version of the Bible
* Samuel Rowlands, A Terrible Battell Betweene the Two Consumers of the Whole World: Time and Death
* William Warner, A Continuance of Albions England, sixth edition, containing books xiv-xvi

### Other languages

* Jean Passerat, Recueil des oeuvres poétiques de Ian Passerat augmenté de plus de la moitié, outre les précédentes impressions, edited by Jean de Rougevalet, Paris: Morel, published posthumously, France

## Births

* c. February 28 - Sir William Davenant (died 1668), English poet and playwright
* March 3 - Edmund Waller (died 1687), English poet and politician
* May 3 - Lorenzo Lippi (died 1664), Italian painter and poet
* Also:
   * Karacaoğlan (died 1680), Turkish folk poet and ashik
   * Johannes Khuen (died 1675), Bavarian priest, poet and composer
   * Junije Palmotić (died 1657), Ragusan dramatist and poet
   * Samarth Ramdas (died 1682), Indian Marathi saint and religious poet
   * Thomas Washbourne (died 1687), English clergyman and poet

## Deaths

* March 2 - Martin Moller (born 1547), German poet and mystic
* May 13 (bur.) - Arthur Golding (born 1535), English translator of prose and poetry
* May 22 - José de Sigüenza (born 1544), Spanish historian, poet and theologian
* September 2 - Karel van Mander (born 1548), Flemish-born Dutch painter and poet
* October 5 - Philippe Desportes (born 1546), French
* November 20 (bur.) - John Lyly (born 1553), English writer, dramatist and poet
* Also:
   * Baltasar del Alcázar (born 1530), Spanish
   * Simwnt Fychan (born 1535), Welsh language poet and genealogist
