Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Philippe Desportes' verses first come to public attention when they are sung during a court performance of Jean-Antoine de Baïf's Le Brave (France). Works published English Arthur Golding, Metamorphosis, Books 1–15, (translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses; see also The fyrst fower bookes 1565; many editions into the 17th century) George Turberville: The Eglogs of the Poet B. Mantuan Carmelitan, Turned into English Verse, translation and adaptation from Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus Adolescentia seu Bucolica) Epitaphs, Epigrams, Songs and Sonnets The Heroycall Epistles of ... Publius Ovidius Naso, in Englishe Verse, translation of Ovid's Heroides, many editions Isabella Whitney, The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover, publication year conjectural; earliest known volume of English language secular poetry published by a woman Other Jean-Antoine de Baif, Le Premier des Météores, a didactic poem on astronomy, France Anna Bijns, Refrains, Netherlands, third edition (first edition 1528, second edition 1548) Pey de Garros, Poesias Gasconas, Gascon poetry, France Torquato Tasso, Discoursi dell'arte poetica ("Discourses on the Heroic Poem"), published from this year through 1570, Italian criticism Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 12 – Thomas Campion (died 1620), English composer, poet and physician February 27 – William Alabaster (died 1640), English poet November – Thomas Nashe (died c. 1601), English, pamphleteer, poet and satirist December 15 – Christoph Demantius (died 1643), German composer, music theorist, writer and poet Also: Valens Acidalius (died 1595), German critic and poet writing in Latin William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling, birth year uncertain (died 1640), Scottish statesman, courtier, poet and writer of rhymed tragedies Anthony Copley (died 1609), English Catholic poet and conspirator Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa (died 1617), Irish poet John Salusbury (died 1612), Welsh knight, politician and poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: May 2 – Marin Držić, also known as "Marino Darza" and "Marino Darsa" (born 1508), Croatian dramatist, author and poet Also: Thomas Beccon (born 1512), English Nicolaus Mameranus, year of death uncertain (born 1500), Luxembourgish poet and historian See also 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 Notes 16th-century poetry Poetry