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

• Baptista Mantuanus' Eclogues prescribed for schoolboys studying Latin poetry in Braunschweig; at the same time, the work is used in schools in Nördlingen, Memmingen and Emmerich^[1]

• Anonymous, The Ploughman's tale, publication year uncertain; likely composed in the 15th century; misattributed to Chaucier in Thynne's edition of his works 1532^[2]
• Niccolò Carmignano, Operette del Parthenopeo Suavio, first book printed in Bari
• Gavin Douglas, The Palice of Honour, publication year uncertain; written about 1501; an allegory presented as a vision^[2]
• Jacopo Sannazaro, an Italian writing here in Latin:
  • almost 150 epigrams; published posthumously (died 1530)^[3]
  • Elegies in three books, imitating Propertius and Tibullus^[3]
• Maurice Scève, a translation into French of the sequel by Juan de Flores to Boccaccio's Fiammetta^[4]
• Marco Girolamo Vida, Christiados libri sex ("The Christiad in Six Books"), a Latin epic poem begun by Vida, an Italian bishop, in the 1510s but not completed until the early 1530s

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

• February 16 – Nicolas Rapin (died 1608), French magistrate, royal officer, translator, poet and satirist
• Also:
  • Cyprian Bazylik (died 1600), Polish composer, poet, printer, and writer
  • Martín del Barco Centenera (died c. 1602) Spanish cleric, explorer, author and poet
  • Simwnt Fychan (died 1606), Welsh language poet and genealogist
  • George Gascoigne (died 1577), English poet
  • Arthur Golding (died 1606), English translator of prose and poetry; nothing known of him after this year^[2]
  • Govindadasa (died 1613), Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna
  • Jasper Heywood (died 1598), English poet and translator
  • Riccardo Luisini (died 1617), Italian, Latin-language poet^[5]
  • Martin Rakovský (died 1579), Slovak
  • Gioanni Hercolani de' Sarti, fl. at this time, Italian, Latin-language poet^[5]

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

• May 26 – Francesco Berni, (born 1497), Italian writer and poet
• August 27 – Lope de Vega died (born 1462), Spain
• September 25 – Johannes Secundus (born 1511), Dutch, Latin-language poet
• Also:
  • Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490, Italian, Latin-language poet;^[5] sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470,^[5][6] others giving c. 1480^[7][8] and another c. 1490^[9]
  • Hieronymus Balbus, also called "Girolamo Balbi" and "Accellini", death year uncertain (born c. 1450), Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, diplomat, and bishop
  • Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea, (born 1486), Spanish Renaissance poet and playwright

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature