1517 in literature

Events

• August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.
• unknown dates
• *John of Hauville's Architrenius, a widely read Latin poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by Jodocus Badius in Paris.
• *Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino and the comedy Andria, adapted from Terence.

New books

Prose

• Martin Luther – ''Ninety-five Theses''

Drama

• Gil Vicente – A Trilogia das Barcas; part 1, ''Auto da Barca do Inferno''

Poetry

• Teofilo Folengo – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo"
• John Skelton – ''The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng''

Births

• June 29 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist
• July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician
• unknown date – Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman
• probable – Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet

Deaths

• June 19 – Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician, second person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping
• August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet