Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Ludovico Ariosto begins work on his Orlando Furioso
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
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
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
