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Events

Works published

Great Britain

1494:

• John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, translated c. 1431–1438 from the De casibus illustrium virorum of Boccaccio (see also Lydgate's Proverbs 1510), posthumously published

1497:

• John Lydgate, published anonymously, The Siege of Thebes, publication year uncertain, adapted c. 1421–1422 from an unknown French prose romance, posthumously published

1499:

• John Skelton, published anonymously, The Bouge of Court, publication year uncertain, written in 1488; a satirical dream-allegory about court life
• Gilber Hay (or perhaps "Gilbert the Hay", who may have been a different person) publishes The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, part of the The Buik of Alexander romance stories

Other

1495:

• Matteo Maria Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato ("Orlando in Love"), epic poem, Italy

1499:

• Pierre Gringore, Chasteau de Labour, printed by Antoine Vérard, France

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

1490:

• April – Vittoria Colonna (died 1547), Italian
• Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet ; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490
• Juan Boscan, original Catalan name: "Joan Boscà Almogàver", born about this year (died 1542), Catalan poet who wrote in Spanish
• Cristobal de Castillejo born about this year (died 1550), Spanish
• Sir David Lindsay (died c. 1555), Scottish
• Salmon Macrin (died 1557), French, Latin-language poet
• Francesco Pittiani, born about this year (died 1552), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Giuseppe Sporeni, born about this year (died after 1562), Italian, Latin-language poet

1491:

• November 8 – Teofilo Folengo, (died 1544), Italian poet who wrote in Italian, Latin and a Macaronic style mixing the two
• Mellin de Saint Gelais (born 1558), Portuguese

1492:

• Antoine Héroët, poète et clerc français, mort vers 1567.
• Marguerite de Navarre, also known as "Marguerite of Angouleme" and "Margaret of Navarre" (died 1549), French queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre; patron of humanists and reformers, author, playwright and poet

1493:

• September 28 – Agnolo Firenzuola (died c. 1545), Italian
• Anna Bijns (died 1575), Dutch
• Ján Silván (born 1573), Slovak
• Bernardo Tasso (died 1569), Italian

1494:

• November 5 – Hans Sachs (born 1576), German

1495:

• March 6 – Luigi Alamanni (died 1556), Italian poet and statesman
• Francisco Sa de Miranda (died 1558), Portuguese
• Suleyman the Magnificent born about this year (died 1556), Ottoman Empire sultan and poet

1496:

• Lazare de Baïf (died 1547), French poet, diplomat and humanist
• Lorenzo Gambara, born about this year (died 1586), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Richard Maitland (died 1586), Scottish
• Clement Marot (died 1544), French
• Girolamo Muzio (died 1575), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Adam Reusner born sometime from 1471 to this year (died sometime from 1563 to 1582), German
• Johann Walter (died 1570), German poet and composer

1497:

• Francesco Berni born about this year, according to some sources, others say 1498 (died 1535), Italian writer and poet
• Philipp Melanchthon (died 1560), German professor, theologian and poet

1498:

• Francesco Berni born this year, according to some sources, others say he was born about 1497 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Marcantonio Flaminio (died 1550), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Meerabai मीराबाई (died 1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poetess whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India

1499:

• Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" (died 1542 or 1543), German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

1490 deaths

• Giovanni Michele Alberto Carrara (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Alessandro Cortesi (born 1460), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Francesco Rolandello (born 1427), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Martino Filetico (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet

1492 deaths

• November 6 – Antoine Busnois (born c. 1430), French composer and poet
• Jami (born 1414), Persian

1493 deaths

• Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ on his death year, with some simply stating this year and others stating this year and 1495 are each possible 1493),(born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet

1494 deaths

• November 17 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (born 1463), Italian, Latin-language poet
• December 20 – Matteo Maria Boiardo (born c. 1434), Italian poet
• Galeotto Marzio, died this year or 1497 (born 1427 or 1428), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Angelo Poliziano, (born 1454), Italian, Latin-language poet

1495 deaths

• Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ in his death year, with some simply giving 1493 and others stating that either that year or this year is possible (born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet
• C. Aurelio Cambini died sometime after 1494 (born c. 1463), Italian, Latin-language poet

1496 deaths

• Callimaco Esperiente (born 1437), Italian, Latin-language poet

1497 deaths

• Galeotto Marzio died this year or 1494 (born 1427/1428), Italian, Latin-language poet

1498 deaths

• CristoforoLandino (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (born unknown), Spanish poet
• Diego de San Pedro (born 1437), Castilian writer and poet

1499 deaths

• Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco died about this year (born 1449), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Probo de Marianis (born 1455), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Jeronim Vidulić (born unknown), Croatian Renaissance poet

See also

• Poetry
• 15th century in poetry
• 15th century in literature
• List of years in poetry
• Grands Rhétoriqueurs
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature

Other events:

• Other events of the 15th century
• Other events of the 16th century

16th century:

• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature

Notes

1. ^ Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
2. ^ Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009
3. Schnur, Rhoda and Roger P. H. Green, Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Abulensis: proceedings of the tenth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Ávila, 4-9 August 1997, p 11, Published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000, ISBN 0866982493, ISBN 9780866982498, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
4. Perosa, Allesandro and John Hanbury, Angus Sparrow, Renaissance Latin verse: an anthology, p xi and p 222, University of North Carolina Press, 1979, ISBN 0807813508, ISBN 9780807813508, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
5. Gorni, Guglielmo and Massimo Danzi, Silvia Longhi Poeti lirici, burleschi, satirici e didascalici, p 376, published by Ricciardi, 2001, ISBN 8878170046, 9788878170049, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
6. Grant, William Leonard, Neo-Latin literature and the pastoral, p 144, University of North Carolina Press, 1965, ("Equally unimportant are two eclogues of Girolamo Angeriano of Naples (ca. 1490-1535),"), retrieved via Google Books (quote appears on search results page with multiple results, not page devoted to the book), May 21, 2009
7. ^ Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 edition
9. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 edition

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