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

Events Irish poet Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire composes the poem Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann. On the death of Pierre de Ronsard, Philippe Desportes became "recognized indisputably as France's greatest living poet," according to 20th century scholar Bernard Weinberg.Weinberg, 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 At the order of the Inquisition, a collection of verses ("canczuni") in Italian and Maltese published by Maltese Dominican friar Pasquale Vassallo in 1584 is burned for its allegedly 'obscene' content.

Works published Giordano Bruno, Italy: L’Infini de l’univers et les mondes De gli eroici furori ("The Heroic Enthusiasts"), a sonnet sequence and commentaries concerning the philosophy of love and love as a means of mystical ascent; dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney Cabala del Cavallo pegaseo

Births January 31 – Daniel Schwenter (died 1636), German Orientalist, polymath, poet and librarian March 16 – Gerbrand Bredero (died 1618), Dutch poet and playwright October 11 – Johann Heermann (died 1647), German poet and hymn writer November 1 – Jan Brożek (died 1652), Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector December 13 – William Drummond of Hawthornden (died 1649), Scottish poet Also: Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland, née Elizabeth Tanfield (died 1639), English poet, translator and dramatist Ján Filický born about this year (died 1623), Slovak poet Fang Weiyi (died 1668), Chinese woman poetKang-i Sun Chang, Haun Saussy, Charles Yim-tze Kwong, Women writers of traditional China: an anthology of poetry and criticism, p 267, Stanford University Press, 1999, , , retrieved via Google Books on May 26, 2009

Deaths Paolo Giovio, birth year not known, 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. Ambrosius Lobwasser died (born 1515), German December 27 – Pierre de Ronsard (born 1524), French

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 University Wits

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