year of publication, another states the work was first published in London in January 1592, according to one source) Other Hernando de Acuña, Diverses Poésies, also known as , Spain Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher and poet writing in Latin in a style imitating Lucretius and expressing his philosophical, cosmological speculations in their final form; printed by John Wenchel in Frankfort, Germany: Philippe Desportes, Psaumes, France Andrés de Villalta. , including a ballad by Miguel de Cervantes, Spain Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 25 – Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (died 1635), German Jesuit and poet August 24 (baptised) – Robert Herrick (died 1674), English November 2 – August Buchner (died 1661), German poet and critic Also: Akha Bhagat (Akho) (died 1659), Indian poet, Vedantist and radical Jakob Jakobeus (died 1645), Slovak Alexander Ross, birth year uncertain (died 1654), Scottish poet, author and controversialist Ivan Bunić Vučić (died 1658), Ragusan, Croatian-language poet Julius Wilhelm Zincgref (died 1635), German Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: July 22 – Veronica Franco (born 1546), Italian poet and courtesan August 23 – Luis de Leon died (born 1527), Spanish December 14 – St. John of the Cross (Spanish: "San Juan de la Cruz"; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez 1542), Spanish (erysipelas) Also – Johann Fischart (born 1546 or 1547), German satirist and publicist See also Poetry 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature Elizabethan literature English Madrigal School French Renaissance literature Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature University Wits Notes 16th-century poetry Poetry