Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Stephen Bateman, The Travayled Pylgrime, translated from Olivier de la Marche's Le chevalier delibere
Alonso de Ercilla, La Araucana, an epic poem about the conquest of Chile; the first part was published this year, the second in 1578, when it was published with the first part; the third part was published with the first and second parts in 1589' Spain
Barnabe Googe, The Ship of Safeguard
Jan van der Noot, A theatre for Worldlings, including poems translated into English by Edmund Spenser from French sources, published by Henry Bynneman in London
Thomas Underdowne, published anonymously, a translation from Latin, Ovid his Invective against Ibis
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
April 16 – Sir John Davies (died 1626), English poet and lawyer, attorney general in Ireland; not to be confused with his contemporary, John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565–1618)
September 5 – Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (died 1645), German officer and amateur poet
October 18 – Giambattista Marino (died 1625), Italian poet famous for his long epic L'Adone
Also:
Ján Bocatius (died 1621), Slovak
Barnabe Barnes birth year uncertain, possibly 1568 or 1571 (when baptised) (died 1609), English
Arthur Gorges (died 1625), English poet, translator and courtier
Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) (died 1644), Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian
Emilia Lanier, also spelled "Aemilia Lanyer" (died 1645), English
Thomas Seget (died 1627), Scottish poet writing in Latin
Zhu Wuxia, flourished this year, Chinese woman poet
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
September 5 – Bernardo Tasso (born 1493), Italian
Between September 8 and October 5 – Mikołaj Rej (born 1505), Polish
September 11 – Vincenza Armani (born c. 1530), Italian
October 7 – Guillaume Guéroult (born c. 1507), French editor, translator and poet
November 29 – António Ferreira (born 1528), Portuguese
date not known – Huang O (born 1498), Chinese poet, a woman
