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

Events Clément Marot presents Francis I of France his Judgment of Minos; appointed facteur de la reine ("queen's poet") to Queen Claude

Works published Francesco Maria Molzo, The Aeneid translation from the Latin of Virgil into Italian, in consecutive unrhymed verse (forerunner of blank verse)

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Giorgio Cichino (died 1599), 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. Charles Fontaine (died 1588), French

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Suster Bertken (born 1426 or 1427), Dutch Benedetto Cariteo (born 1450), ItalianWeb page titled "BENEDETTO CARITEO, 1450-1514", retrieved April 19, 2009. Archived 2009-05-02.

See also

Poetry 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature French Renaissance literature Grands Rhétoriqueurs Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature

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