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

Events

• Clément Marot presents Francis I of France his Judgment of Minos; appointed facteur de la reine ("queen's poet") to Queen Claude

Works published

• Francesco Maria Molzo, The Aeneid translation from the Latin of Virgil into Italian, in consecutive unrhymed verse (forerunner of blank verse)

Births

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

• Giorgio Cichino (died 1599), Italian, Latin-language poet^[1]
• Charles Fontaine (died 1588), French

Deaths

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

• Suster Bertken (born 1426 or 1427), Dutch
• Benedetto Cariteo (born 1450), Italian^[2]