1564 in poetry

Events

Works published

• Jan Blahoslav, author and editor, Ivančice hymn-book, a revised edition of the Polish-language Šamotulský kancionál 1561, Czech
• Helius Eobanus Hessus, Idyls, German writing in Latin, third revised edition, Frankfort
• Jan Kochanowski, Chess, published either this year or in 1565, Polish

  Births

• February 26 - baptism date of Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist and poet
• April 26 - baptism date of William Shakespeare, English dramatist and poet
• Date unknown - Henry Reynolds, English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic

  Deaths

• February 18 - Michelangelo , Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
• June 17 - Atagi Fuyuyasu, Japanese samurai and poet
• Purandara Dasa, Hindu composer of Carnatic music and Kannada poetry
• Rupa Goswami, Hindu devotional teacher, poet, and philosopher
• Gruffudd Hiraethog, Welsh language poet and scholar
• Maurice Sceve, death year uncertain, French