1500 in literature

Events

• December 31 – Figurae bibliae by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables.
• unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, .

New books

Prose

• This is the Boke of Cokery
• Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus
• Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia
• Johannes Trithemius – ''Steganographia''

Drama

• The Wakefield Master – ''Second Shepherds' Play''

Poetry

• Beves of Hamtoun
• Geoffrey Chaucer – Mars and Venus
• Singiraja – ''Maha Basavaraja Charitra''

Births

• April 12 – Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar
• April 23
• *Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist
• *Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer
• December 6 – Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet
• unknown dates
• * Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron
• * Charles Dumoulin, French jurist
• probable
• * Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer
• *Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet
• *Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet
• *Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer
• *Hayâlî, Ottoman Turkish poet
• *Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist
• *Pier Angelo Manzolli, Neapolitan Christian humanist poet
• *Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet
• *Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist

Deaths

• April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier
• June 23 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician
• August 9 – Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer
• August 10 – Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet
• October 1 – John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer
• probable – Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer
• possible – Ieuan ap Huw Cae Llwyd, Welsh poet