1568 in poetry
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England">English poetry">England
- Thomas Drant, Epigrams and Sentences Spirituall in Vers, translated from St. Gregory Nazianzus
- Thomas Howell, The Arbor of Amitie
- John Skelton, Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, edited by J. Stow; published posthumously by Thomas Marshe
- George Turberville, A Plaine Path to Perfect Vertue, translation of Dominic Mancini's De quatour virtutibus
Other
- François d'Amboise, Élégie sur le trépas d'Anne de Montmorency, France
- Petar Hektorović, Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje, three-part pastoral and philosophic narrative poem written in Croatian and published in Venice
Births
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- February 2 - Peter Révay, Hungarian poet, nobleman, Royal Crown Guard for the Holy Crown of Hungary, state official, soldier and historian
- March 30 - Henry Wotton, English diplomat, author and poet
- September 3 - Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet
- September 5 - Tommaso Campanella, philosopher and poet
- Also:
- * Yuan Hongdao, Chinese poet of the Ming Dynasty and one of the Three Yuan Brothers
- * Gervase Markham, birth year uncertain, English poet and writer
Deaths
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