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

Events

Works published

Great Britain

• Anonymous, The Jaeste of Syr Gawayne, publication year uncertain, Arthurian romance adapted from two episodes in the First continuation of Chretien de Troyes's Percival, ou le Conte del Graal^[1]
• William Barlowe and William Roy, Read Me and Be Not Wroth/ The Burial of the Mass^[1]
• John Skelton:
  • Diverse Ballads, publication year uncertain^[1]
  • A Replication^[1]

Other

• Giorgio Anselmo, Georgii Anselmi Nepotis, Epigrammaton Libri Septem; Sosthyrides Palladis Peples Aeglogue Quatuor, an octavo volume, Venice; Italian poet writing in Latin^[2] (see also, "Deaths", below)
• Anna Bijns, Refrains, Netherlands, first edition (subsequent editions in 1548 and 1567)
• Marcello Palingenio Stellato's Zodiacus vitae ("The Zodiac of Life"), Latin-language poem by an Italian (translated into English as The Zodiac of Life by Barnabe Googe, with parts published 1560 1561, 1565)^[1]

Births

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

• November 2 – Petrus Lotichius Secundus, born Peter Lotz (died 1560), German scholar and Latin-language poet
• Rémy Belleau (died 1577), French
• Birbal, born Maheshdas Bhat (died 1586), Indian poet, wit and Grand Vizier of the Mughal court of Emperor Akbar
• Jean-Jacques Boissard (died 1602), French antiquary and Latin-language poet
• Henri Estienne (died 1598), French philologist, poet and humanist
• António Ferreira (died 1569), Portuguese
• Atagi Fuyuyasu (安宅 冬康) (died 1564), Japanese samurai and poet
• Phùng Khắc Khoan (died 1613), Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet

Deaths

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

• Giorgio Anselmo, (born 1458 or earlier^[3]), Italian physician and Latin-language poet; grandson of another Giogrio Anselmo, an Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1440)^[2] (see also "Works", above)