1516 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

 * Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, earliest published version (see also 1532), Italy
 * Robert Fabyan, Chronicle, London: Richard Pynson, publisher; Great Britain
 * Baptista Mantuanus, Italian poet writing in Latin published in France:
 * Agellaria
 * De sacris diebus, 12 books, explaining the various saints' days of the church calendar, published in Lyon
 * Garcia de Resende, editor, Cancioneiro Geral ("General Songbook"), anthology, Portugal

Births

 * March 26 – Konrad Gesner (died 1565), Swiss, German-language naturalist, bibliographer and poet
 * April 23 – Georg Fabricius (died 1571), German poet, historian and archaeologist
 * unknown - Ou Daren (died 1596 in poetry), Ming dynasty poet and scholar.

Death

 * March 22 – Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo" (born 1447), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet
 * Ugolino Verino (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet