1440s in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- 1442 - Enea Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, arrives at the court of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, in Vienna, who names him imperial poet.
- 1445 - Printing press developed in Europe
Works published
1445:Cancionero de Baena, the first collection of Castilian lyrics, Spain1449:Amoryus and Cleopes, poem by John Metham, English adaptation of the Pyramus and Thisbe narrative from Ovid‘s Metamorphoses
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:1440:
- Lorenzo de' Medici, born January 1, Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan language
- Martial d'Auvergne, French
- Hans Folz born sometime from 1435 to this year, German
- Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", born about this year, Scottish makar
- Kabir, mystic poet and saint of India
- Lorenzo Lippi (of Cole), Italian, Latin-language poet
- Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet
- Paolo Marsi, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla, Indian poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
- Ludovico Pontico born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Giorgio Sisgoreo born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Francesco Uberti (humanist), Italian, Latin-language poet
- Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Persian or Turkish poet and scholar
- Amerigo Corsini, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Pietro Antonio Piatti born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
1444:
- Pandolfo Collenuccio, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Cantalicio, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Bartolomeo Fonzio born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Domizio Calderini, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noblewoman and writer
- Robert Wydow, English poet, church musician, and religious figure
- Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo", Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet
- Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet
- Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Antonio Geraldini born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Aldo Manuzio, Italian, Latin-language poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:1440:
- Cuacuauhtzin, Aztec lord and poet in the Pre-Columbian nahua world
- Nund Reshi, Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
- Nguyễn Trãi, Vietnamese Confucian scholar, poet, politician and tactician
1444:
- Andreu Febrer died about this year, Catalan Spanish translator of the Divine Comedy