1500 in literature

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500.

Events

• December 31 – Figurae bibliae by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, .<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

New books

Prose

• This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbook in English)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (approximate year)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Drama

• The Wakefield Master – Second Shepherds' Play (approximate year)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Poetry

• Beves of Hamtoun (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)<ref name=cocel>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) – Mars and Venus (approximate date of publication)<ref name=cocel/>
• Singiraja – Maha Basavaraja Charitra

Births

• April 12 – Joachim Camerarius (the Elder), German classical scholar (died 1574)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 23
  • Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist (died 1565)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer (died 1576)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• December 6 – Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567)
• unknown dates
  • Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (died 1553)
  • Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (died 1566)
• probable
  • Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (died 1553)
  • Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet (died 1553)
  • Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet (died 1580)
  • Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (died 1572)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Hayâlî, Ottoman Turkish poet (died 1557)
  • Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist (died 1561)
  • Pier Angelo Manzolli (Marcello Palingenio Stellato), Neapolitan Christian humanist poet (died before 1551)
  • Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (died 1551)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)

Deaths

• April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453; drowned)<ref name="Carus1864">Template:Cite book</ref>
• June 23 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447)<ref>Wouter J. Hanegraaff and Ruud M. Bouthoorn, Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447-1500): The Hermetic Writings and Related Documents, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Tempe 2005.</ref>
• August 9 – Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
• August 10 – Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet (born 1466)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 1 – John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer (born c.1430)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• probable – Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1435)
• possible – Ieuan ap Huw Cae Llwyd, Welsh poet<ref>Leslie Harries (ed.), Gwaith Huw Cae Llwyd ac eraill (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1953)</ref>