1595 in literature

This article is a summary of the literary events and publications of 1595. Events May 24 – The Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears as the first printed catalog of an institutional library. December 9 – Shakespeare's Richard II is possibly acted privately at the Canon Row house of Sir Edward Hoby, with Sir Robert Cecil attending. unknown dates The first part of Ginés Pérez de Hita's Historia de los bandos de los Zegríes y Abencerrajes (Guerras civiles de Granada) appears. Supposedly a chronicle of the Morisco rebellions in Granada based on an Arabic original, it is probably the earliest historical novel and certainly the first to gain popularity. Lope de Vega leaves the service of the Duke of Alba and returns to Madrid, after the death of his first wife Isabel in the previous year. New books Prose Mikalojus Daukša – Kathechismas, arba Mokslas kiekvienam krikščioniui privalus Justus Lipsius – De militia romana Nicholas Remy – Daemonolatreiae libri tres Sir Philip Sidney (posthumous, written 1580–83) – An Apology for Poetry Vincentio Saviolo – His practise, in two bookes. (first manual of fencing in English) Fausto Veranzio – Dictionarium quinque nobilissimarum Europæ linguarum, Latinæ, Italicæ, Germanicæ, Dalmatiæ, & Vngaricæ published in Latin in Venice