Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Anonymous, The Ploughman's tale, publication year uncertain; likely composed in the 15th century; misattributed to Chaucier in Thynne's edition of his works 1532
- Niccolò Carmignano, Operette del Parthenopeo Suavio, first book printed in Bari
- Gavin Douglas, , publication year uncertain; written about 1501; an allegory presented as a vision
- Jacopo Sannazaro, an Italian writing here in Latin:
- almost 150 epigrams; published posthumously (died 1530)
- Elegies in three books, imitating Propertius and Tibullus
- Maurice Scève, a translation into French of the sequel by Juan de Flores to Boccaccio's Fiammetta
- Marco Girolamo Vida, Christiados libri sex ("The Christiad in Six Books"), a Latin epic poem begun by Vida, an Italian bishop, in the 1510s but not completed until the early 1530s
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 16 – Nicolas Rapin (died 1608), French magistrate, royal officer, translator, poet and satirist
- Also:
- Cyprian Bazylik (died 1600), Polish composer, poet, printer, and writer
- MartÃÂn del Barco Centenera (died c. 1602) Spanish cleric, explorer, author and poet
- Simwnt Fychan (died 1606), Welsh language poet and genealogist
- George Gascoigne (died 1577), English poet
- Arthur Golding (died 1606), English translator of prose and poetry; nothing known of him after this year
- Govindadasa (died 1613), Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna
- Jasper Heywood (died 1598), English poet and translator
- Riccardo Luisini (died 1617), Italian, Latin-language poet
- Martin Rakovský (died 1579), Slovak
- Gioanni Hercolani de' Sarti, fl. at this time, Italian, Latin-language poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 26 – Francesco Berni, (born 1497), Italian writer and poet
- August 27 – Lope de Vega died (born 1462), Spain
- September 25 – Johannes Secundus (born 1511), Dutch, Latin-language poet
- Also:
- Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490, Italian, Latin-language poet; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving c. 1480 and another c. 1490
- Hieronymus Balbus, also called "Girolamo Balbi" and "Accellini", death year uncertain (born c. 1450), Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, diplomat, and bishop
- Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea, (born 1486), Spanish Renaissance poet and playwright
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