15th century in literature
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See also: 15th century in poetry, 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- 1403 – The Yongle Encyclopedia is commissioned in China.
- 1454 – Johann Gutenberg prints the Gutenberg Bible.
- 1476 – William Caxton sets up the first printing press in England, at Westminster.
- 1478 – The Ranworth Antiphoner is presented to St Helen's Church, Ranworth.
[edit] New books and first printings of older books
- 1405
- 1410
- 1413
- 1420
- 1429
- Leone Battista Alberti – Amator
- 1434
- 1436
- 1450
- Reginald Pecock – Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie
- 1453
- Antoine de la Sale – Petit Jehan de Saintre
- 1461
- François Villon – Grand Testament
- 1472
- Johannes de Sacrobosco – De sphaera mundi (written c.1230), the first printed astronomical book
- 1473
- Avicenna – The Canon of Medicine
- Sir John Fortescue – The Governaunce of England (first published 1714)
- Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474, a wall calendar, the earliest known printing in Poland
- 1475
- Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, the first book printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges
- 1477
- William Caxton prints the first books in England on a printing press which he set up at Westminster in 1476
- Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, a translation by Earl Rivers
- History of Jason, a translation from the French of Raoul Le Fèvre by Caxton
- Bible in duytsche ("Delft Bible")
- First printed edition of The Travels of Marco Polo
- William Caxton prints the first books in England on a printing press which he set up at Westminster in 1476
- 1478
- 1479
- Rodolphus Agricola – De inventione dialectica
- 1481
- Mirrour of the Worlde, a translation of 1480 by William Caxton, the first book printed in England to include woodcut illustrations
- The Historie of Reynart the Foxe (first English translation)
- 1482
- Mosen Diego de Valera – Crónica abreviada de España ("Crónica Valeriana")
- Euclid – Elements (in Latin)
- 1484
- Aesop's Fables, a translation by William Caxton
- 1485
- Joseph Albo – Sefer ha-Ikkarim (written before 1444)
- Sir Thomas Malory – Le Morte d'Arthur
- 1486
- 1487
- Niccolò da Correggio – Fabula di Cefalo
- 1489
- Marsilio Ficino – De vita libri tres (Three Books on Life)
- 1490
- 1493
- Giuliano Dati – Lettera delle isole novamente trovata, a translation into verse of a letter from Christopher Columbus to Ferdinand of Spain, regarding Columbus' first exploratory voyage across the Atlantic in 1492
- 1496
- Isaac Abrabanel – Ma'yene ha-Yeshu'ah
- 1498
- Polydore Vergil – Adagia
- 1499
- Thomas of Erfurt (mistakenly ascribed to Duns Scotus) – De Modis Significandi printed (written in early 14th century)
- Niccolò Machiavelli – Discorso sopra le cose di Pisa
- Fernando de Rojas – Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, better known as La Celestina
- Polydore Vergil – De inventoribus rerum
[edit] New drama
- 1470 – probable date of composition of Mankind
[edit] Births
- 1406 – Matteo Palmieri, Florentine humanist and historian (d. 1475)
- 1413 – Giosafat Barbaro (d.1494)
- 1453 – Ermolao Barbaro (d. 1493)
- c. 1460 – John Skelton (d. 1529), English poet
- 1485 – Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1553)
[edit] Deaths
- c. 1426 – John Audelay
- 1451 – John Lydgate
- 1454 – Francesco Barbaro
- 1471 – Sir Thomas Malory
- 1475 – Matteo Palmieri
- 1486 – Margareta Clausdotter
- c. 1490 – Lewys Glyn Cothi
- 1493 – Ermolao Barbaro (b. 1453)
- 1494 – Giosafat Barbaro (b. 1413)