1510 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1510.
Events
- c. January – Desiderius Erasmus begins his period of residence in Cambridge.
- April 10 – Henry Cornelius Agrippa addresses the dedication of De occulta philosophia libri tres to Johannes Trithemius.
- Aberdeen Breviary publication completed in Edinburgh, the first full-length book printed in Scotland and the last production of the Chepman and Myllar Press.
New books
Prose
- – De Cardinalatu
- Dinim de shehitah i bedikah in Constantinople, the earliest known Judaeo-Spanish text, published in Constantinople.
- Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo – Las sergas de Esplandián
- Ruiz Paez de Ribera – Florisando
- probable – Thomas More: ''The Life of Johan Picus Erle of Myrandula''
Poetry
- Jean Marot – Voyage de Gênes
- Approximate year – Stephen Hawes:, published by Wynkyn de Worde
- Between 1510 and 1513 – ''The Friar and the Boy''
Births
- unknown dates
- *Satomura Shōkyū, Japanese master of the linked verse renga
- *Luigi Tansillo, Italian Marinist Petrarchan poet
- probable
- *Arnoldus Arlenius, Dutch humanist philosopher and poet
- *Hélisenne de Crenne, French novelist and translator
- *Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos, Hungarian lyricist, epic poet, political historian and minstrel
- *Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian religious writer
- *Thomas Phaer, Welsh lawyer, paediatrician and translator
- *Lope de Rueda, Spanish playwright and author
- *Robert Wedderburn, Scottish poet
Deaths
- May 1 – Johannes Nauclerus, Swabian historian
- August 23 – Ulrich Gering, printer
- September – Saint Catherine of Genoa, mystic
- November 11 – Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, Bohemian humanist writer and noble
- unknown date – Pothana, Telugu poet