Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 5 –
Marko Marulić (born
1450),
Croatian poet and Christian humanist, known as "the Crown of the Croatian Medieval Age" and the "father of the Croatian Renaissance"; He signed his works as "Marko Marulić Splićanin" ("Marko Marulić of Split"), "Marko Pečenić", "Marcus Marulus Spalatensis", or "Dalmata"
January 7 –
Tang Yin died this year, according to some sources,[3] or
1523 according to others[4] (born
1470),
Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher[4]