1516 in poetry
This article covers 1516 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, earliest published version, Italy
- Robert Fabyan, Chronicle, London: Richard Pynson, publisher; Great Britain
- Baptista Mantuanus, Italian poet writing in Latin published in France:
- * Agellaria
- * De sacris diebus, 12 books, explaining the various saints' days of the church calendar, published in Lyon
- Garcia de Resende, editor, Cancioneiro Geral, anthology, Portugal
Births
- March 26 - Konrad Gesner, Swiss, German-language naturalist, bibliographer and poet
- April 23 - Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian and archaeologist
- unknown - Ou Daren, Ming dynasty poet and scholar.
Death
- March 22 – Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo", Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet
- Ugolino Verino, Italian, Latin-language poet