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

Events

• Stephen Hawes appointed to Valet de chambre under Henry VII of England
• Poet Laureate John Skelton imprisoned

Works published

Italy

• Pietro Bembo, Terzerime, published by Aldus Manutius
• Baptista Mantuanus, Sylvae, eight volumes, Bologna; Italian, Latin-language poet^[1]
• Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia, a pirated edition (the author officially sanctioned publication in 1504); a manuscript of the original work is dated 1489, with two eclogues and connecting prose added later, seemingly reflecting the author's distress at political developments of about 1500; Italy^[2]

Other

• Conradus Celtis, Amores, folk poem, German poet writing in Latin^[3]

Births

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

• Guillaume Bigot (died 1550), French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin
• Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year or 1503, others say his birth year is 1503^[4] (died 1565), Italian, Latin-language poet^[4]

Deaths

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

• February – Olivier de la Marche (born 1426), French poet and chronicler
• Also:
  • Elisio Calenzio (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet^[4]
  • Jalaladdin Davani (born 1426), Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet
  • Gian Giacomo della Croce, died after this year (born c. 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
  • Gwerful Mechain, died about this year (born c. 1460?), female Welsh erotic poet^[5]
  • Bonino Mombrizio, died 1482 or this year (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet^[4]
  • Octavien de Saint-Gelais (born 1468), French churchman, poet and translator
  • Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn (born unknown), Irish poet
  • Sōgi 宗祇 (born 1421), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s