1506 in poetry

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

Events Ludovico Ariosto begins work on his Orlando Furioso

Works published Publio Fausto Andrelini, Eclogues, full of proverbial expressions William Dunbar, , ScotlandTrager, James, The People's Chronology, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979 Stephen Hawes, The Passtyme of Pleasure (completed, approximate date), England Niccolò Machiavelli, The First Decade (Decennale primo), ItalyDavid, Wootton, Selected Political Writings by Niccolò Machiavelli, p. 37

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February – George Buchanan (died 1582), Scottish historian, scholar, humanist and poet Approximate date – Hwang Jini (died c.1560), Korean poet

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Mihri Hatun (born unknown), female Ottoman poet Johannes von Soest (born 1448), German composer, theorist and poet

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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