Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Works published

1491:

• Immanuel of Rome, Mahberot Imanu'el, published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy^[1]

1492:

• Savonarola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy^[2]
• Jorge Manrique, Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre ("Couplets on the Death of His Father"^[3] or "Stanzas for the Death of His Father"^[4]), Spanish lyric poem

1493:

• Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Mizan al-Awzan ("Scales of Poetic Meters"), Turkish poems^[4]

1494:

• John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, 36,000-line poem^[4] translated c. 1431–1438 from the De casibus illustrium virorum of Boccaccio (see also Lydgate's Proverbs 1510), posthumously published^[5]
• Shin Maha Rahtathara, Bhuridat Zatpaung Pyo, Burmese poem^[4]
• Sebastian Brant, Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools"), much-translated satire, year of publication disputed, German^[4]

1495:

• Matteo Maria Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato ("Orlando in Love"), epic poem, Italy

1496:

• Juan del Encina, Cancionero, one-act Spanish verse drama and poetry^[4]
• Gyssaub Vaeze Kashefi, Aklake Mohseni ("Morals of the Beneficent"), prose and verse, Persian^[4]
• Shin Maha Rahtathara, Tada uti Mawgun, Burmese poetry collection^[4]

1497:

• John Lydgate, published anonymously, The Siege of Thebes, publication year uncertain, adapted c. 1421–1422 from an unknown French prose romance, posthumously published^[5]
• Jacob Locher, Das Narrenschiff, a translation, sometimes loose, into Latin from the original German of Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools") by Sebastian Brant^[6]
• Paul Riviere, a translation into French of Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools") by Sebastian Brant, from the original German

1498:

• Hinrek van Alkmaar, Reinke de Vos ("Reynard the Fox"), animal epic poem, Netherlands
• Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Char Divan ("Four Divans"), lyric poems Chagatai Turkish^[4]

1499:

• John Skelton, published anonymously, The Bouge of Court, publication year uncertain, written in 1488; a satirical dream-allegory about court life^[5]
• Gilber Hay (or perhaps "Gilbert the Hay", who may have been a different person) publishes The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, part of The Buik of Alexander romance stories
• Pierre Gringore, Chasteau de Labour, printed by Antoine Vérard, France

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

1490:

• April – Vittoria Colonna (died 1547), Italian
• Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet;^[7] sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470,^[7][8] others giving "c. 1480"^[9][10] and another c. 1490 ^[11]
• Juan Boscan, original Catalan name: "Joan Boscà Almogàver", born about this year (died 1542), Catalan poet who wrote in Spanish
• Cristobal de Castillejo born about this year (died 1550), Spanish
• Sir David Lindsay (died c. 1555), Scottish
• Jean Salmon Macrin (died 1557), French, Latin-language poet^[12]
• Francesco Pittiani, born about this year (died 1552), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Giuseppe Sporeni, born about this year (died after 1562), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]

1491:

• November 8 – Teofilo Folengo, (died 1544), Italian poet who wrote in Italian, Latin^[7] and a Macaronic style mixing the two
• Bach Van, also known as "Nguyen Bin Khiem", Vietnamese poet^[4]
• Latifî, also known as Kastamonulu Latifî Çelebi, Ottoman poet and bibliographer
• Mellin de Saint-Gelais (died 1558), French poet of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France

1492:

• Pietro Aretino (died 1556), Italian poet and playwright^[4]
• Antoine Héroët, poète et clerc français, mort vers 1567.
• Marguerite de Navarre, also known as "Marguerite of Angoulême" and "Margaret of Navarre" (died 1549), French queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre; patron of humanists and reformers, author, playwright and poet

1493:

• September 28 – Agnolo Firenzuola (died c. 1545), Italian
• Anna Bijns (died 1575), Dutch
• Ján Silván (born 1573), Slovak
• Bernardo Tasso (died 1569), Italian

1494:

• November 5 – Hans Sachs (born 1576), German

1495:

• March 6 – Luigi Alamanni (died 1556), Italian poet and statesman
• Francisco Sa de Miranda (died 1558), Portuguese^[12]
• Fuzûlî, also known as "Mehmed ibn Suleyman", Turkish^[4]
• Suleiman the Magnificent born about this year (died 1566), Ottoman Empire sultan and poet

1496:

• November 23 – Clément Marot (died 1544), French
• Lazare de Baïf (died 1547), French poet, diplomat and humanist
• Lorenzo Gambara, born about this year (died 1586), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Richard Maitland (died 1586), Scottish
• Girolamo Muzio (died 1575), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Nawade I, Burmese^[4]
• Adam Reusner born sometime from 1471 to this year (died sometime from 1563 to 1582), German
• Johann Walter (died 1570), German poet and composer
• Lu Zhi (died 1576), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet

1497:

• August 13 – Tulsidas (died 1623), Indian saint and poet
• Francesco Berni born about this year, according to some sources, others say 1498 (died 1535), Italian writer and poet
• Philipp Melanchthon (died 1560), German professor, theologian and poet

1498:

• Francesco Berni born this year, according to some sources,^[7] others say he was born about 1497 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Huang O (died 1569), Chinese poet^[13]
• Marcantonio Flaminio (died 1550), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Meerabai मीराबाई (died 1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India

1499:

• Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" (died 1542 or 1543), German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1490:

• Giovanni Michele Alberto Carrara (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Alessandro Cortesi (born 1460), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Dafydd Gorlech (born 1410), Welsh language poet
• Gómez Manrique (born 1412), Spanish poet, soldier, politician and dramatist
• Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hÚigínn, Irish poet and Ollamh Érenn
• Francesco Rolandello (born 1427), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Martino Filetico (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]

1491:

• Jean Meschinot (born 1420), French

1492:

• November 6 – Antoine Busnois (born c. 1430), French composer and poet
• Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", (born c. 1440), Scottish makar (poet)
• Jami (born 1414), Persian scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and Sufi poet
• Alfonso de Palencia (born 1423), Castilian pre-Renaissance historian, writer, and poet
• Lorenzo de' Medici (born 1440), Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan

1493:

• Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ on his death year, with some simply stating this year^[7] and others stating this year and 1495 are each possible,^[14] born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Guto'r Glyn, approximate date (born c.1412), Welsh language poet

1494:

• November 17 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (born 1463), Renaissance humanist and Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• December 20 – Matteo Maria Boiardo (born c. 1434), Italian poet
• Galeotto Marzio, died this year or 1497 (born 1427 or 1428), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Angelo Poliziano, (born 1454), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]

1495:

• Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ in his death year, with some simply giving 1493^[7] and others stating that either that year or this year is possible^[14] (born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• C. Aurelio Cambini died sometime after 1494 (born c. 1463), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]

1496:

• Callimaco Esperiente (born 1437), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]

1497:

• Galeotto Marzio died this year or 1494 (born 1427/1428), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]

1498:

• Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (born unknown), Spanish poet
• Diego de San Pedro (born 1437), Castilian writer and poet
• Cristoforo Landino (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Conor Carragh Ó Curnín (born unknown), Irish poet

1499:

• Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco died about this year (born 1449), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Probo de Marianis (born 1455), Italian, Latin-language poet^[7]
• Jeronim Vidulić (birth year unknown), Croatian Renaissance poet