Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
Alexander Barclay, Saint George, translated from Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus; Great Britain Stephen Hawes, publication year uncertain; Great Britain John of Capistrano, Capystranus, London
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 28 - Teresa of Ávila, mystical Spanish poet and saint Roger Ascham, born about this year (died 1568), English scholar, didactic writer and poet; tutor of Queen Elizabeth I William Baldwin, born about this year (died 1563), English Nicolas Denisot (died 1559), French Renaissance poet and painter Brne Karnarutić (died 1573), Croatian Renaissance poet and writer Ambrosius Lobwasser (died 1585), German poet and hymnologist Louis Des Masures (died 1574), French
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 16 - Aldus Manutius (born 1449), Italian printer and Latin-language poet Cantalicio (born 1445), Italian, Latin-language poet