others say he was born about 1497 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet Huang O (died 1569), Chinese poet Marcantonio Flaminio (died 1550), Italian, Latin-language poet Meerabai मीराबाई (died 1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India 1499: Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" (died 1542 or 1543), German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1490: Giovanni Michele Alberto Carrara (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet Alessandro Cortesi (born 1460), Italian, Latin-language poet Dafydd Gorlech (born 1410), Welsh language poet Gómez Manrique (born 1412), Spanish poet, soldier, politician and dramatist Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hÚigínn, Irish poet and Ollamh Érenn Francesco Rolandello (born 1427), Italian, Latin-language poet Martino Filetico (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet 1491: Jean Meschinot (born 1420), French 1492: November 6 – Antoine Busnois (born c. 1430), French composer and poet Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", (born c. 1440), Scottish makar (poet) Jami (born 1414), Persian scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and Sufi poet Alfonso de Palencia (born 1423), Castilian pre-Renaissance historian, writer, and poet Lorenzo de' Medici (born 1440), Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan 1493: Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ on his death year, with some simply stating this year and others stating this year and 1495 are each possible, born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet Guto'r Glyn, approximate date (born c.1412), Welsh language poet 1494: November 17 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (born 1463), Renaissance humanist and Italian, Latin-language poet December 20 – Matteo Maria Boiardo (born c. 1434), Italian poet Galeotto Marzio, died this year or 1497 (born 1427 or 1428), Italian, Latin-language poet Angelo Poliziano, (born 1454), Italian, Latin-language poet 1495: Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ in his death year, with some simply giving 1493 and others stating that either that year or this year is possible (born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet C. Aurelio Cambini died sometime after 1494 (born c. 1463), Italian, Latin-language poet 1496: Callimaco Esperiente (born 1437), Italian, Latin-language poet 1497: Galeotto Marzio died this year or 1494 (born 1427/1428), Italian, Latin-language poet 1498: Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (born unknown), Spanish poet Diego de San Pedro (born 1437), Castilian writer and