1563 in poetry

• February 14 – French poet Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard is discovered hiding under the bed of Mary, Queen of Scots. He is executed about a week later.

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

• Michael Drayton (died 1631), England
• Heo Nanseolheon (died 1589), Korean scholar and poet who also wrote in Chinese, a woman^[5]
• Pierre Matthieu (died 1621), French playwright, poet and historian
• Josuah Sylvester (died 1618), England

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

• March 19 – Arthur Brooke (born unknown), English poet whose only known work is The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), considered to be William Shakespeare's chief source for his famous play Romeo and Juliet
• May 21 – Martynas Mažvydas (born 1510), author and editor of the first printed book in the Lithuanian language, including the first poetry
• August 18 – Étienne de La Boétie (born 1530), French political philosopher and sonnet writer
• William Baldwin (born c. 1515), English
• Tani Soyo 谷宗養 died (born 1526), Japanese renga poet; a rival of Satomura Joha; son of Tani Sobuko

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