 this is a list of literature-related events in 1562. ==events== *january 18 - first performance of thomas norton and thomas sackville's play gorboduc before queen elizabeth i of england. it is the first known english tragedy and the first english-language play to employ blank verse. *february 14 - french poet pierre de bocosel de chastelard is discovered hiding under the bed of mary, queen of scots. he is executed about a week later. *july 12 - fray diego de landa, acting bishop of yucatÃ¡n, burns the maya codices (sacred books of the maya) during the spanish conquest of yucatÃ¡n. ==new books== *magdeburg centuries, volumes v and vi *melchior cano - de locis theologicis (posthumously published) *petrus ramus - grammaire franÃ§aise *richard smyth - de missa sacrificio *jacques de la taille - maniÃ©re de faire des vers en franÃ§ais comme en grec et en latin ==new drama== *thomas norton and thomas sackville - gorboduc ==poetry== *arthur brooke - the tragical history of romeus and juliet ==births== *january 20 â ottavio rinuccini, italian poet (died 1621) *march 27 â jacob gretser, german jesuit writer (died 1625) *august â bartolomÃ© leonardo de argensola, spanish poet and historian (died 1631) *november 25 â lope de vega, spanish poet and dramatist (died 1635) *unknown dates **samuel daniel, english poet (died 1619) **johann mechtel, german chronicler (died c. 1631) ==deaths== *february â pierre de bocosel de chastelard, french poet (born 1540, executed) *july 23 â gÃ¶tz von berlichingen, german knight immortalized by goethe (born c. 1480) *september 5 â katharina zell, protestant writer (born c. 1497) *november 6 â achille bocchi, italian humanist writer (born 1488) *november 12 â pietro martire vermigli, italian theologian (born 1499) *probable year â george cavendish, english biographer (born 1494) ==references== 
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