1506 in literature

Events

• unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).

New books

Poetry

Main article: 1506 in poetry

• Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues
• William Dunbar –
• Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure
• Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)

Births

• February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582)
• August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
• October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
• December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549)
• Unknown dates
  • Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic
  • Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)
• probable
  • Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573)
  • Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)

Deaths

• February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454)
• May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448)
• unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet

References

References

1. Trager, James. (1979). "The People's Chronology". Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
2. Boum, Aomar. (2008). "Dictionary of African Biography". [[Oxford University Press]].
3. Paul Tschackert: [http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Helding,_Michael Helding, Michael.] In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, S. 164–166.
4. Jerzy Wyrozumski. (1993). "Das 500jährige Jubiläum der Krakauer Studienzeit von Nicolaus Copernicus". Secesja.