''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) *