1506 in poetry

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Events

 * Ludovico Ariosto begins work on his Orlando Furioso

Works published

 * Publio Fausto Andrelini, Eclogues, full of proverbial expressions
 * William Dunbar, The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis [sic], Scotland
 * Stephen Hawes, The Passtyme of Pleasure (completed, approximate date), England
 * Niccolò Machiavelli, The First Decade (Decennale primo), Italy

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * February – George Buchanan (died 1582), Scottish historian, scholar, humanist and poet
 * Approximate date – Hwang Jini (died c.1560), Korean poet

Deaths
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 * Mihri Hatun (born unknown), female Ottoman poet
 * Johannes von Soest (born 1448), German composer, theorist and poet