''See also:'' 1617_in_literature, other events of 1618, 1619_in_literature, List_of_years_in_literature.
==Events==
*Sir Francis Bacon is appointed Lord Chancellor by King James_I_of_England.
*Ben_Jonson sets out to walk to Scotland.
==New books==
*John_Selden - ''History of Tythes''
*John Taylor - ''The Pennylesse Pilgrimage''
==New drama==
*Nathaniel_Field - ''Amends for Ladies''
*Thomas_Goffe (attr.) - ''The Careless Shepherdess''
==Births==
*March_23 - Ferrante_Pallavicino, satirist (died 1644)
*April - Agustín_Moreto_y_Cavana, dramatist (died 1661)
*''date unknown'' - Thomas_Blount_(lexicographer) (died 1679)
*''date unknown'' - Abraham_Cowley, poet (died 1667)
*''date unknown'' - Raphael_Fabretti, antiquarian author (died 1700)
*''date unknown'' - Richard_Lovelace, Cavalier poet (died 1658)
*''date unknown'' - Isaac_Vossius, librarian (died 1689)
*''probable'' - Jacques_Chausson, French writer involved in a notorious criminal case (died 1661)
==Deaths==
*August_23 - Gerbrand_Adriaensz_Bredero, poet (born 1585)
*September_28 - Joshua_Sylvester, poet (born 1563)
*October_29 - Sir Walter_Raleigh, adventurer and author (executed) (born c1553)
*''date unknown'' - François_de_Boivin, chronicler
*''date unknown'' - John_Davies_of_Hereford, poet (born c1565)
*''date unknown'' - Richard_Stanyhurst, translator of Vergil (born 1547)
*''date unknown'' - Bento_Teixeira, Portuguese author (born 1560)
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