1580 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1580. Events March – Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III of England, Richardus Tertius, the first known history play performed in England, is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge. July 12 – The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible translation into a Slavic language (Old Church Slavonic), is first printed at Ostroh in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) by Ivan Fyodorov. New books Book of Concord Jean Bodin – De la demonomanie des sorciers Veronica Franco – Lettere familiari a diversi Robert Greene – Mamillia John Lyly – Euphues and his England Michel de Montaigne – Essais Anthony Munday – Zelauto New drama Robert Garnier – Antigone Thomas Legge – Richardus Tertius