1516 in poetry

List of years in poetry (table)
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In literature 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

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Title page, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

• Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, earliest published version (see also 1532), 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 ("General Songbook"), anthology, Portugal

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• March 26 – Konrad Gesner (died 1565), Swiss, German-language naturalist, bibliographer and poet
• April 23 – Georg Fabricius (died 1571), German poet, historian and archaeologist

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• March 22 – Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo" (born 1447), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet
• Ugolino Verino (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature

• Grands Rhétoriqueurs
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature