1566 in poetry
This article covers 1566 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
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- Peter Beverley, The Historie of Ariodanto and Ieneura
- Thomas Churchyard:
- * Churchyard's Round
- * Churchyardes Farewell
- * Churchyardes Lamentacion of Freyndshyp
- Thomas Drant, translation ''A Medicinable Morall''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- October 6 — Marie de Gournay, also known as Marie le Jars, demoiselle de Gournay, French writer, author of feminist tracts and poet; a close associate of Michel de Montaigne; buried in the Saint-Eustache Church in Paris
- November 26 - Francesco Bracciolini, Italian
- Also:
- * Giambattista Basile, Italian poet, courtier and collector of fairy tales
- * Thomas Bastard, English poet and clergyman
- * John Hoskins, English poet, classicist and judge
- * Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish aristocrat, religious poet and author and Catholic missionary to England
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 25 - Louise Labé, French
- September 5, 6 or 7 - Suleyman the Magnificent, Ottoman Empire sultan and poet
- September 7 - Martin Bošňák, Slovak
- September 27 - Marco Girolamo Vida, Italian, Latin-language poet
- October 31 - Richard Edwardes, English poet and playwright
- November 17 - Annibale Caro, Italian