1606 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

English

 * Samuel Daniel, The Queenes Arcadia: A pastoral tragecomedie
 * John Davies, Bien Venu: Greate Britaines welcome to hir greate friendes, and deere breathren, the Danes
 * Thomas Dekker, The Double PP: a Papist in Armes, published anonymously
 * Michael Drayton's Poems Lyrick and Pastorall, including "The Ballad of Agincourt"
 * John Ford, Fames Memoriall; or, The Earle of Devonshire Deceased, on the death of Charles Blount
 * John Hind, Eliosto Libidinoso, contains some verse
 * Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, A Foure-Fould Meditation, of the Foure Last Things, also has been ascribed to Robert Southwell ("RS"), but The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature states Howard wrote it
 * King James Version of the Bible
 * Samuel Rowlands, A Terrible Battell Betweene the Two Consumers of the Whole World: Time and Death
 * William Warner, A Continuance of Albions England, sixth edition, containing books xiv-xvi

Other languages

 * Jean Passerat, Recueil des oeuvres poétiques de Ian Passerat augmenté de plus de la moitié, outre les précédentes impressions, edited by Jean de Rougevalet, Paris: Morel, published posthumously, France

Births

 * c. February 28 - Sir William Davenant (died 1668), English poet and playwright
 * March 3 - Edmund Waller (died 1687), English poet and politician
 * May 3 - Lorenzo Lippi (died 1664), Italian painter and poet
 * Also:
 * Karacaoğlan (died 1680), Turkish folk poet and ashik
 * Johannes Khuen (died 1675), Bavarian priest, poet and composer
 * Junije Palmotić (died 1657), Ragusan dramatist and poet
 * Samarth Ramdas (died 1682), Indian Marathi saint and religious poet
 * Thomas Washbourne (died 1687), English clergyman and poet

Deaths

 * March 2 - Martin Moller (born 1547), German poet and mystic
 * May 13 (bur.) - Arthur Golding (born 1535), English translator of prose and poetry
 * May 22 - José de Sigüenza (born 1544), Spanish historian, poet and theologian
 * September 2 - Karel van Mander (born 1548), Flemish-born Dutch painter and poet
 * October 5 - Philippe Desportes (born 1546), French
 * November 20 (bur.) - John Lyly (born 1553), English writer, dramatist and poet
 * Also:
 * Baltasar del Alcázar (born 1530), Spanish
 * Simwnt Fychan (born 1535), Welsh language poet and genealogist