Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- Ludovico Ariosto begins work on his Orlando Furioso
Works published
- Publio Fausto Andrelini, Eclogues, full of proverbial expressions
- William Dunbar, The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis, Scotland
- Stephen Hawes, The Passtyme of Pleasure (completed, approximate date), England
- Niccolò Machiavelli, The First Decade (Decennale primo), Italy
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February – George Buchanan (died 1582), Scottish historian, scholar, humanist and poet
- Approximate date – Hwang Jini (died c.1560), Korean poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Mihri Hatun (born unknown), female Ottoman poet
- Johannes von Soest (born 1448), German composer, theorist and poet
See also
- Poetry
- 16th century in poetry
- 16th century in literature
- French Renaissance literature
- Grands Rhétoriqueurs
- Renaissance literature
- Spanish Renaissance literature
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