Events from the year 1517 in literature.
Events
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August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
–
Belarusian
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* Belarusians, people from Belarus, or of Belarusian descent
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* Belarusian language
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* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
printer
Francysk Skaryna in
Prague
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begins publishing ''The Psalter'', a
Bible translation into the
Ruthenian language
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.
*''unknown dates''
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John of Hauville John of Hauville (also known as ''Johannes de Hauvilla'', ''Johannes de Altavilla'', ''John of Hauteville'' and ''Jean de Hauteville'') was a moralist and satirical poet of the 12th century (flourished about 1184).
Background
Little is known of his ...
's ''
Architrenius
''Architrenius'' is a medieval allegorical and satirical poem in hexameters by Johannes de Hauvilla (also known as Johannes de Altavilla or Jean de Hauteville). The poet was born in about 1150 (perhaps at or near Rouen) and died after 1200, and d ...
'' (c.
1184
Year 1184 ( MCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* May 20 – Diet of Pentecost: Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) organises a conference ...
), a widely read
Latin
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poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by
Jodocus Badius
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Jodocus Badius (french: Josse Bade; es, Jodoco del Badia; 1462–1535), also known as , , and , was a pioneer of the printing industry, a renowned grammarian, and a pedagogue.
Life
Josse Badius was born in the village of Asse (forme ...
in Paris.
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( , , ; 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527), occasionally rendered in English as Nicholas Machiavel ( , ; see below), was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. ...
writes ''L'asino (The
olden
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*Olden, Norway, a village in Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway
*Olden, Missouri, an unincorporated community
*Olden, Texas, a community in Eastland county, Texas, USA
People
*Charles Smith Olden, an American polit ...
Ass)'' and (at about this date) the comedy ''
Andria
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'', adapted from
Terence
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.
New books
Prose
*
Martin Luther
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– ''
Ninety-five Theses
The ''Ninety-five Theses'' or ''Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences''-The title comes from the 1517 Basel pamphlet printing. The first printings of the ''Theses'' use an incipit rather than a title which summarizes the content ...
'' (in Latin: ''Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum'')
Drama
*
Gil Vicente – ''
A Trilogia das Barcas''; part 1, ''Auto da Barca do Inferno''
Poetry
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Teofilo Folengo
Teofilo Folengo () (8 November 14919 December 1544), who wrote under the pseudonym of Merlino Coccajo or Merlinus Cocaius in Latin, was one of the principal Italian macaronic poets.
Biography
Folengo was born of noble parentage at Cipada near M ...
(as "Merlin Cocaio") – ''Opus Maccaronicum'', including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)
*
John Skelton John Skelton may refer to:
*John Skelton (poet) (c.1460–1529), English poet.
* John de Skelton, MP for Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
*John Skelton (died 1439), MP for Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
*John Skelton (American footb ...
– ''The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng''
Births
*June 29
Events Pre-1600
* 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
*1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
* 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
– Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist (died 1585
Events
January–June
* January – The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar.
* February – The Spanish seize Brussels.
* April 24 – Pope Sixtus V succeeds Pope Gregory XIII, as the 227th pope.
* May 19 – S ...
)
*July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
– Jacques Pelletier du Mans
Jacques Pelletier du Mans, also spelled Peletier ( la, Iacobus Peletarius Cenomani, 25 July 1517 – 17 July 1582) was a humanist, poet and mathematician of the French Renaissance.
Born in Le Mans into a bourgeois family, he studied at the Co ...
, French humanist poet and mathematician (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 ...
)
*''unknown date'' – Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588
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Events
January–June
* February – The Sinhalese abandon the siege of Colombo, capital of Portuguese Ceylon.
* February 9 – The sudden death of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, in the midst of pr ...
)
*''probable'' – Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547
Year 1547 ( MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–June
* January 8 – The first Lithuanian-language book, a ''Catechism'' (, Simple Words of ...
)
Deaths
* June 19 – Luca Pacioli
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes ''Paccioli'' or ''Paciolo''; 1447 – 19 June 1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and an early contributor to the field now known as accounting ...
, Italian mathematician, second person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping (born c.1447)Andrea Ammonio Andrea Ammonio (c. 1478 – 1517) was an Italian cleric and Latin poet born in Lucca, held in high esteem by Erasmus, a friend of his. Sent to England by Pope Julius II, he became Latin secretary to Henry VII of England and a prebendary of Salis ...
, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness; born 1478)
References
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