1460s in poetry— François Villon, the "Ballade des Dams du Temps Jadis" in Le Grand Testament, 1461 Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1462: 10 September – Robert Henryson in Scotland is enrolled as a teacher in the recently founded University of Glasgow. 1463: January – French poet François Villon is reprieved from hanging but never heard of again.
1430s in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). John Lydgate, writes The Fall of Princes, sometime from 1431–1438; later published posthumously in 1494, with extracts published separately as Proverbs in c.
1502 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
15th century in poetry1445 - Printing press developed in Europe. Per Raff Lille, Mariaviser ("Songs to Mary"), Denmark Stora rimkronikan ("The Great Rhymed Chronicle"), Sweden 1402–1403 – Christine de Pisan, Le Livre du chemin de long estude, describing a trial of the faults of this world in the "Court of Reason" 1403 – Christine de Pisan, La Mutacion de Fortune ("The Changes of Fortune") c.1434 – John Lydgate, The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr c.1470–1485 – Pietru Caxaro, Il Cantilena, oldest known Maltese text c.
1450s in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1450: Fairfax Manuscript thought to have been completed, for John Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire ("Anno 1450" inscribed on folio 1r).
16th century in poetryHamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language. The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry (including pre-Columbian works). John Skelton (c. 1460–1529) George Gascoigne (1535–1578) Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) William Shakespeare (1564–1616) John Donne (c. 1572–1631) Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637) Robert Herrick (1591–1674) George Herbert (1593–1633) Young William (c.
