Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Formation in Paris of Antoine de Baïf's Académie de Poésie et Musique, and consequent development of musique mesurée by composers such as Claude Le Jeune and Guillaume Costeley
Torquato Tasso travels to Paris in the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este.
Thomas Churchyard, A Discourse of Rebellion
Lodovico Castelvetro, Poetica d'Aristotele vulgarizzata e sposita ("The Poetics of Aristotle in the Vulgar Language"), called the most famous Italian Renaissance commentary on Aristotle's Poetics
Thomas Preston, A Lamentation from Rome how the Pope doth bewayle the Rebelles in England cannot prevayle. To the tune of "How well, ye mariners", a broadside ballad; published in London by William Griffith
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
Sir Robert Aytoun (died 1638), Scottish poet
Eliáš Láni (died 1618), Slovak
Thomas Bateson, also spelled "Batson" or "Betson", birth year uncertain (died 1630), English writer of madrigals
Charles Best (died 1627), English poet, writer of "A Sonnet of the Moon"
Tadhg mac Dáire Mac Bruaideadha (died 1652), Irish Gaelic poet and historian
Francisco de Medrano born (died 1607), Spanish
Pedro de Oña (died 1643), first known Chilean poet
Samuel Rowlands, birth year uncertain (died c. 1630), English pamphleteer, poet and satirist
François du Souhait, born between 1570 and 1580 (died 1617), French language translator, novelist, poet, satirist, and moral philosopher
Adrianus Valeriuss, born sometime from this year to 1575 (died 1625), Dutch
Yuan Zhongdao (died 1624), Chinese poet, essayist, travel diarist and official
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
March 25 – Johann Walter (born 1496), German poet and composer
November – Jacques Grévin (born c. 1539), French playwright and poet
