Calendar of Literary Facts

1600

  • William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is first performed
  • The East India Company is founded in England
  • Kabuki drama develops in Japan
  • Samuel Rutherford is born
  • Richard Hooker dies (November 2)
  • Pedro Calderón de la Barca is born (January 17)

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