This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1568.
Events
October – The Bishops' Bible (inscribed The Holie Bible) is published as a translation into English made under the authority of the Church of England.
New books
Prose
Wawrzyniec Grzymała Goślicki – De optimo senatore
Petar Hektorović – Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje (Discourse on Fishing and Fishermen) Hans Sachs and Jost Amman (illustrations) – Das Ständebuch (Book of Trades) William Turner Of Sage A New Boke on the Natures and Properties of all Wines Giorgio Vasari – Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori (Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects; revised edition) Christopher Watson (translator) – The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius
Children
Niels Bredal – The Child's Mirror (in Danish)
Drama
Ulpian Fulwell – Like Will to Like
William Wager – The Longer Thou Livest, The More Foole Thou Art
Poetry
François d'Amboise – Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency
See also 1568 in poetry
Births
January 20 – Daniel Cramer, German Lutheran theologian (died 1637) February 11 – Honoré d'Urfé, French novelist (died 1625) March 30 – Henry Wotton, English diplomat and author (died 1639) July 7 – Richard Burbage, English actor and theater owner (died 1619) September 5 – Tommaso Campanella, Italian philosopher and poet (died 1639) Unknown date – Richard Baker, English chronicler (died 1645)
Deaths
April 7 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (born 1529) September 14 – Jan van Casembroot, Flemish humanist poet (executed, born c. 1525) December 23 – Roger Ascham, English didact (born c. 1515) Unknown dates Antoine Héroet, French poet Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Jewish physician, naturalist, and medical writer (born 1501/2) Dirk Philips, Frisian Anabaptist theologian (born 1504)