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

Events December 4 – John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes) is imprisoned in Toledo, Spain. During his imprisonment he composes his Spiritual Canticle (Cántico Espiritual).

Works published

Great Britain Nicholas Breton: The Works of a Young WitCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, A Flourish upon Fancy John Grange, The Golden Aphroditis, poetry and prose

Other Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; FranceWeinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Phillipe Desportes" p 157 Guillaume Du Bartas, La Semaine, ou Création du Monde, FranceWeinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Guillaume Du Bartas" p 169 Eoghan O'Duffy, tr. by John O'Daly (1864), The Apostasy of Myler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel, Cashel, County Tipperary. Composed as Irish bardic poetry in 1577. Vivian Mercier (1962), The Irish Comic Tradition, Oxford University Press. Pages 138-139.

Births March – George Sandys (died 1644), English traveller, colonist and poet November 10 – Jacob Cats (died 1660), Dutch poet

Deaths March 6 – Rémy Belleau (born 1528), French poet and member of La Pléiade April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco (born c. 1524), Italian poet and musician August 12 – Sir Thomas Smith (born 1513), English scholar, diplomat and poet October 7 – George Gascoigne (born c. 1535), English poet who died while a guest at George Whetstone's family manor of Walcot at Barnack, near Stamford, Lincolnshire; Whetstone commemorated his friend in a long elegy. Also: Annibale Cruceio (born 1509), Italian, Latin-language poetWeb page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. 2009-05-27.

See also

Poetry 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature Elizabethan literature French Renaissance literature Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature

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