Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or French).

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• Nicholas Breton, A Small Handful of Fragrant Flowers^[1]
• Thomas Churchyard, The Firste Parte of Churchyardes Chippes, some prose but mostly poetry; in part, it recounts how Queen Elizabeth was received by the city of Bristow^[1]
• George Gascoigne, The Posies of George Gascoigne Esquire, the second, very expanded edition of A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 1573; includes "The Fruits of Warre" (the author's longest poem}) and "Certayne Notes of Instruction Concerning the Making of Verse or Ryme in English" (see also The Whole Woorkes 1587)^[1]
• John Rolland, The Court of Venus^[1]

• Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France^[2]
• Veronica Franco, Terze rime; Italian

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

• August 14 – Robert Hayman (died 1629) poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland; his book, ''Qvodlibets ("What you will"), published in 1628, is the first book of English poetry written in what would become Canada.
• Also:
  • Edmund Bolton (died c. 1633), English historian and poet, born this year by his own account
  • Cyril Tourneur (died 1626), English playwright and poet
  • Sir William Vaughan, "Orpheus junior" (died 1641), Welsh writer, poet and colonial investor
  • Henry Willobie (died 1596), English
• Approximate date:
  • Walter Quin (died 1640), Irish-born English court poet and author writing in English, Latin, French and Italian

• April 10 (buried) – Anna Bijns (born 1493), Dutch
• August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (born 1503), Spanish
• Also:
  • Giovanni Battista Pigna (born 1530), Italian, Latin-language poet^[3]
  • Adam Reusner (approximate date; born sometime from 1471 to 1496), German
  • William Stevenson (born 1530), English poet, author and clergyman; presumed playwright

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
• Elizabethan literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature