Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February 23 – Salima Sultan Begum (Makhfi) (died 1613), Mughal empress consort and Urdu poet
• November – Jacques Grévin born about this year (died 1570), French playwright and poet
• Paulus Schede Melissus (died 1602), German

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature