Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Seconde Semaine ou Enfance du monde, unfinished.
Pierre Ronsard, the collective in-folio edition of his works
Honoré d'Urfé, La Sireine
Robert Greene, The Debate between Folly and Love, translated from the French of part of Louise Labbe's Débat de Folie et d'Amour, London: Ponsonby; many editions in the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries
King James VI, The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie
Anthony Munday, I Serve a Mistress
Thomas Phaer, The Thirteen Books of Aeneidos, Boox 10–12 translated by Thomas Twyne; Book 13 by Maffeo Vegio (see also The Seven First Bookes 1558, The Nyne First Bookes 1562, The Whole Twelve Bookes 1573)
Clement Robinson "and Divers Others", A Handful of Pleasant Delights
Jan Kochanowski, Frazski ("Trifles"), Poland
February 12 – Barlaeus, also known as Kaspar van Baerle (died 1648), Dutch
September 15 – Georg Rudolf Weckherlin (died 1653), German
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Francis Beaumont (died 1616), English playwright and poet
Anna Ovena Hoyer born (died 1655), German
Anna Visscher (died 1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translator
Georg Rodolf Weckherlin born (died 1653), German
Diederich von dem Werder born (died 1657), German
March 10 – Thomas Norton (born 1532), politician and poet
August 22 – Jan Kochanowski (born 1530), Pole who published poetry in Polish and Latin
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Johann Beltz (born 1529), German
Lucas de Heere (born 1534), Flemish portrait painter, poet and writer
Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac (born 1529), French jurist and poet
Surdas, died sometime from 1581 to this year (born 1478 or 1479), Indian, Hindi poet and saint who wrote in the Brij Bhasha dialect
1584/1585/1586: Ulpian Fulwell (born 1545/1546), English Renaissance theatre playwright, satirist and poet
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