1582 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1582. Events February – Meleager, a Latin play on the mythological figure of Meleager by "Gulielmus Gagerus" (William Gager), is performed by members of Christ Church, Oxford. November 29 – Marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway at Temple Grafton in England. Publication in England of the first part of Richard Mulcaster's textbook on the teaching of English, the {{Proper name|Elementarie, including "a generall table [of eight thousand words] we commonlie use}}" in regularized spelling. Earliest reference to the publishing of private newspapers in Beijing (China). New books Prose Robert Bellarmine – Disputationes George Buchanan – Rerum Scoticarum Historia Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx – Balet comique de la Royne "Douay–Rheims Bible", New Testament Richard Hakluyt – Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America John Leland – (posthumous translation) Anthony Munday – English Romayne Lyfe (i. e. Life of an Englishman in Rome)