Esteban Manuel de Villegas [SEP] date of birth
Esteban Manuel de Villegas
Esteban Manuel de Villegas (Matute, La Rioja, 5 February 1589 – Nájera, La Rioja, 3 September 1669) was a 17th-century Spanish poet.
Biography.
Villegas studied grammar in Madrid and later enrolled at the University of Salamanca in 1610. There he obtained a degree in Law, though he never entered the legal profession. Though he was the royal treasurer in Nájera, he did not obtain any of the positions he wanted. Despite coming from a wealthy family, he
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Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 3 – Kada no Azumamaro (died 1736), Japanese early Edo period poet and philologist
Deaths.
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 19 – John Denham (born 1614 or 1615), English poet and courtier, buried in Westminster Abbey
- September 3 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas (born 1589), Spanish
- September 30 – Henry