Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Alexander Barclay, Saint George, translated from Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus; Great Britain[1]
- Stephen Hawes, The Comforte of Lovers, publication year uncertain; Great Britain[1]
- John of Capistrano, Capystranus, London[2]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 28 - Teresa of Ávila, mystical Spanish poet and saint[3]
- Roger Ascham, born about this year (died 1568), English scholar, didactic writer and poet; tutor of Queen Elizabeth I
- William Baldwin, born about this year (died 1563), English
- Nicolas Denisot (died 1559), French Renaissance poet and painter
- Brne Karnarutić (died 1573), Croatian Renaissance poet and writer
- Ambrosius Lobwasser (died 1585), German poet and hymnologist
- Louis Des Masures (died 1574), French
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 16 - Aldus Manutius (born 1449), Italian printer and Latin-language poet[4]
- Cantalicio (born 1445), Italian, Latin-language poet[4]
See also
- Poetry
- 16th century in poetry
- 16th century in literature
- French Renaissance literature
- Grands Rhétoriqueurs
- Renaissance literature
- Spanish Renaissance literature
Notes
- ^ a b Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Web page titled "Academic Text Service (ATS)/ Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: / Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603", at Stanford University library website, retrieved September 8, 2009. 2009-09-11.
- ^ Olsen, Kirsten (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-313-28803-6. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ a b Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. Archived 2009-05-27.