Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1445 – Printing press developed in Europe
1445
Cancionero de Baena, the first collection of Castilian lyrics, Spain
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1440:
Lorenzo de' Medici, born January 1 (died 1492), Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan language
Martial d'Auvergne (died 1500), French
Hans Folz born sometime from 1435 to this year (died 1513), German
Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", born about this year (died 1492), Scottish makar (poet)
Kabir (died 1518), mystic poet and saint of India
Lorenzo Lippi (of Cole) (died 1485), Italian, Latin-language poet
Jorge Manrique (died 1479), Spanish poet
Paolo Marsi (died 1484), Italian, Latin-language poet
Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (died 1530), Indian poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
Ludovico Pontico born about this year (died 1520), Italian, Latin-language poet
Giorgio Sisgoreo born about this year (died c. 1510), Italian, Latin-language poet
Francesco Uberti (humanist) (died 1518), Italian, Latin-language poet
1441:
Mir Ali Shir Nava'i (died 1501), Persian or Turkish poet and scholar
1442:
Amerigo Corsini (died 1501), Italian, Latin-language poet
Pietro Antonio Piatti born about this year (died after 1508), Italian, Latin-language poet
1443:
Matteo Canale (died 1503), Italian, Latin-language poet
1444:
Pandolfo Collenuccio (died 1504), Italian, Latin-language poet
1445:
Cantalicio (died 1515), Italian, Latin-language poet
Bartolomeo Fonzio born about this year (died 1513), Italian, Latin-language poet
1446:
Domizio Calderini (died 1478), Italian, Latin-language poet
Robert Wydow (died 1505), English poet, church musician, and religious figure
1447:
Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo" (died 1516), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet
1448:
Johannes von Soest (died 1506), German composer, theorist and poet
1449:
Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco born about this year (died 1499), Italian, Latin-language poet
Antonio Geraldini born about this year (died 1489), Italian, Latin-language poet
Aldo Manuzio (died 1515), Italian, Latin-language poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
1440:
Cuacuauhtzin (born 1410), Aztec lord and poet in the Pre-Columbian nahua world
Nund Reshi (born 1377), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
1442:
Nguyễn Trãi (born 1388), Vietnamese Confucian scholar, poet, politician and tactician
1443:
Tomas af Strangnas, Swedish
1444:
Andreu Febrer died about this year (born c. 1375), Catalan Spanish translator of the Divine Comedy
1448:
Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili", died about this year (born c. 1352), Indian, Maithili-language poet and Sanskrit writer
