Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
With the encouragement of Sir Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spenser joins him on a trip to London, where Ralegh presented the celebrated poet to Queen Elizabeth I.
Works
George Peele, Polyhymnia
Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Books 1-3, in honour of Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, Books 1–3 (see also expanded editions of 1593, 1598, 1621, etc.)
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March 18 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa (died 1649), Portuguese historian and poet June 24 – Samuel Ampzing (died 1632), Dutch clergyman and poet September 12 – María de Zayas (died 1661), Spanish poet and playwright Also: Baltasar del Alcazar born (died 1606), Spanish William Browne (died 1645), English Shen Yixiu (died 1635), Chinese poet and mother of female poets Ye Xiaoluan, Ye Wanwan and Ye Xiaowan Faqi Tayran, also spelled "Feqiyê Teyran", pen name of Mir Mihemed (died 1660), Kurdish Hu Wenru (flourished about this year), Chinese official courtesan known for her poetry painting and playing the qin Théophile de Viau (died 1626), French poet and playwright Xu Yuan (poet) (flourished about this year), Chinese woman poet nicknamed "Xie reincarnate" in reference to Xie Daoyun
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: March – Petru Cercel (born unknown), Wallachian prince and poet August 28 – Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (born 1544), French writer and poet November 29 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (born 1547), German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician and astronomer September 20 – Robert Garnier (born 1544), French poet and playwright Also: George Puttenham (born 1529), English writer and critic Étienne Tabourot (born 1549), French