Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Biernat of Lublin, Zywot Ezopa ("The Life of Aesop"), published about this year, Poland
Robert Copland, Ipomadon, publication year uncertain; derived from the Anglo-Norman Ipomedon (c. 1190) of Hue de Rotelande
Thomas Murner, Of the Great Lutheran Fool, a verse satire against Martin Luther; the "Great Lutheran fool" is a personification of all those who were misled by Lutheranism; the author's most famous work; Germany
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Approximate date
Joachim du Bellay (died 1560), French poet
Louise Labé (died 1566), French poet
Siôn Tudur (died 1602), Welsh language poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
June 30 – Johann Reuchlin (born 1455), German humanist scholar and poet
September – Gavin Douglas (born c. 1474), Scottish poet and bishop
