1510 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1510.

Events

 * c. January – Desiderius Erasmus begins his period of residence in Cambridge (England).
 * April 10 – Henry Cornelius Agrippa addresses the dedication of De occulta philosophia libri tres to Johannes Trithemius.
 * Aberdeen Breviary publication completed in Edinburgh, the first full-length book printed in Scotland and the last production of the Chepman and Myllar Press.

Prose

 * Paolo Cortese (humanist) – De Cardinalatu
 * Dinim de shehitah i bedikah (The Rules of Ritual Slaughter and Inspection of Animals) in Constantinople, the earliest known Judaeo-Spanish text, published in Constantinople.
 * Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (died c. 1505) – Las sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián)
 * Ruiz Paez de Ribera – Florisando
 * probable – Thomas More: The Life of Johan Picus Erle of Myrandula

Poetry

 * Jean Marot – Voyage de Gênes
 * Approximate year – Stephen Hawes: The Example of Vertu [sic], published by Wynkyn de Worde
 * Between 1510 and 1513 – The Friar and the Boy (fabliau published in English)

Births

 * unknown dates
 * Satomura Shōkyū (里村昌休), Japanese master of the linked verse renga (died 1552)
 * Luigi Tansillo, Italian Marinist Petrarchan poet (died 1568)
 * probable
 * Arnoldus Arlenius, Dutch humanist philosopher and poet (died 1582)
 * Hélisenne de Crenne (probably Marguerite Briet), French novelist and translator (died after 1552)
 * Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos, Hungarian lyricist, epic poet, political historian and minstrel (died 1556)
 * Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian religious writer (died 1563)
 * Thomas Phaer, Welsh lawyer, paediatrician and translator (died 1560)
 * Lope de Rueda, Spanish playwright and author (died 1565)
 * Robert Wedderburn, Scottish poet (died 1555/60)

Deaths

 * May 1 – Johannes Nauclerus, Swabian historian (born c. 1425)
 * August 23 – Ulrich Gering, printer
 * September (14, 15 or 16) – Saint Catherine of Genoa, mystic (born 1447)
 * November 11 – Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, Bohemian humanist writer and noble (born 1461)
 * unknown date – Pothana, Telugu poet (born 1450)