1517 in literature
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Events from the year 1517 in literature.
Events
- August 6 â Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.[1]
- unknown dates
- John of Hauville's Architrenius (c. 1184), a widely read Latin poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by Jodocus Badius in Paris.[2]
- Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino and (at about this date) the comedy Andria, adapted from Terence.[3]
New books
Prose
- Martin Luther â Ninety-five Theses (in Latin: Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum)[4]
Drama
- Gil Vicente â A Trilogia das Barcas; part 1, Auto da Barca do Inferno[5][6]
Poetry
- Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") â Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)[7]
- John Skelton â The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng[7][8]
Births
- June 29 â Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist (died 1585)[9]
- July 25 â Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)[10]
- unknown date â Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
- probable â Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)[11]
Deaths
- June 19 â Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician, second person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping (born c.1447)[12]
- August â Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness; born 1478)[13]