Overview of the events of 1540 in poetry
Overview of the events of 1540 in poetry
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Births
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- January 26 – Florent Chrestien (died 1596), French satirist and Latin poet
- June 11 – Barnabe Googe (died 1594), English
- Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, born about this year (died 1614), French soldier, historian, biographer and poet
- Francisco de Terrazas, born about this year (died c. 1600), Mexican
- Rhys Cain (died 1614), Welsh language poet
- Frei Agostinho da Cruz (died 1619), brother of Diogo Bernardes, Portuguese[5]
- Mathias Holtzwart born about this year (died sometime after 1589), German
- Jacob Regnart born sometime from this year to 1545 (died 1599), Flemish composer
Deaths
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