This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500.
Events
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December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Years Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the first day of the following ...
– ''Figurae bibliae'' by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of
incunables.
*''unknown date'' –
John Skelton, tutor to
Prince Henry Prince Henry (or Prince Harry) may refer to:
People
*Henry the Young King (1155–1183), son of Henry II of England, who was crowned king but predeceased his father
*Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (1394–1460)
*Henry, Duke of Cornwall (Ja ...
(second son of King
Henry VII of England
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry's mother, Margaret Beauf ...
, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in ''De Laudibus Britanniae'', a Latin ode by
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...
, .
New books
Prose
*''
This is the Boke of Cokery'' (first known printed
cookbook in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
)
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Hieronymus Brunschwygk – ''
Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus'' (Simple book on the art of distillation)
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Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...
– ''
Adagia
''Adagia'' (singular ''adagium'') is the title of an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, compiled during the Renaissance by Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus. Erasmus' collection of proverbs is "one of the most monume ...
'' (Paris)
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Johannes Trithemius – ''
Steganographia'' (approximate year)
Drama
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The Wakefield Master – ''
Second Shepherds' Play'' (approximate year)
Poetry
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Beves of Hamtoun'' (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)
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Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) – ''Mars and Venus'' (approximate date of publication)
[
*Singiraja – ''Maha Basavaraja Charitra''
]
Births
*April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
– Joachim Camerarius (the Elder), German classical scholar (died 1574
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Year 1574 ( MDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 23 – The fifth War of Religion against the Huguenots begins ...
)
* April 23
** Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist (died 1565
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Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the opr ...
)
** Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer (died 1576
Year 1576 ( MDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 20 – Viceroy Martín Enríquez de Almanza founds the settlement of León ...
)
*December 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
*1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
*1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (wh ...
– Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567
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Year 1567 ( MDLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–June
* January – A Spanish force under the command of Captain Juan Pardo esta ...
)
*''unknown dates''
** Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (died 1553
Year 1553 ( MDLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* May – The first Royal Charter is granted to St Albans, in England.
* June – Th ...
)
** Charles Dumoulin
Charles Dumoulin (Du Moulin, Molinaeus) (1500–1566) was a French jurist. He was surnamed by some of his contemporaries the "French Papinian".
Life
He was born in Paris. He began practice as an advocate before the ''parlement'' of Paris from 152 ...
, French jurist (died 1566
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Year 1566 ( MDLXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 7 – Pope Pius V succeeds Pope Pius IV, as the 225th pope.
* ...
)
*''probable''
** Johannes Aal
Johannes Aal (c. 1500 – 28 May 1553) was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, composer and dramaturg.
Aal was born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, and was pastor there until 1529, then ''Leutpriester'' in Baden until 1536. At the collegiate chur ...
, Swiss theologian and composer (died 1553
Year 1553 ( MDLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* May – The first Royal Charter is granted to St Albans, in England.
* June – Th ...
)
** Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet (died 1553
Year 1553 ( MDLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* May – The first Royal Charter is granted to St Albans, in England.
* June – Th ...
)
** Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet (died 1580)
**Francisco de Moraes
Francisco de Moraes Cabral, also spelled Francisco de Morais Cabral (1500? – 1572), was a Portuguese writer. Born in Bragança, he served as personal secretary to the Portuguese ambassador in France, and composed, during two voyages to Paris ( ...
, Portuguese writer (died 1572
Year 1572 ( MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 16 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is tried for treason, for his part ...
)
**Hayâlî
Hayâlî (خيالى) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ ''mahlas'') of an Ottoman Turkish poet.
Life
Hayâlî lived in the Divan tradition. Though the exact birth date of the poet later called Hayâlî is not known, it is know ...
, Ottoman Turkish poet (died 1557)
** Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist (died 1561
Year 1561 ( MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 31 – The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots in ...
)
**Pier Angelo Manzolli
Pier Angelo Manzolli was a name used for the author of the book ''Zodiacus vitae'', who is believed to be the Neapolitan poet Marcello Stellato, in Latin Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus (born ca. 1500 - died in Cesena before 1551).
The persona of ...
(Marcello Palingenio Stellato), Neapolitan Christian humanist poet (died before 1551)
** Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (died 1551
Year 1551 ( MDLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January–February – Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, and Tsar Ivan IV of Ru ...
)
**Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en (, c. 1500–1582Shi Changyu (1999). "Introduction." in trans. W.J.F. Jenner, ''Journey to the West'', volume 1. Seventh Edition. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. pp. 1–22. or 1505–1580), courtesy name Ruzhong (), was a Chines ...
, Chinese novelist (died 1582
1582 ( MDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. This year saw the be ...
)
Deaths
*April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 140 ...
– Michael Tarchaniota Marullus
Michael Tarchaniota Marullus ( el, Μιχαήλ Μάρουλλος Ταρχανειώτης; it, Michele Marullo Tarcaniota; c. 1458 – 10 April 1500) was a Greek Renaissance scholar, poet of Neo-Latin, humanist and soldier.
Life
Michael Tarc ...
, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453
Year 1453 ( MCDLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the ...
; drowned)Lodovico Lazzarelli
Ludovico Lazzarelli (4 February 1447 – 23 June 1500) was an Italian poet, philosopher, courtier, hermeticist and (likely) magician and diviner of the early Renaissance.
Born at San Severino Marche, he had contact with many important thinkers ...
, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447
Year 1447 ( MCDXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 6 – Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV, to become the 208th pope.
* Ma ...
)
*August 9
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
* 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
– Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
*August 10
Events Pre-1600
* 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.
* 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Gro ...
– Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet (born 1466)
*October 1
Events Pre-1600
* 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
* 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadw ...
– John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer (born c.1430)1435
Year 1435 ( MCDXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1435th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 435th year of the 2nd millennium, the 35th y ...
)
References
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