This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1506.
Events unknown date – Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532).
New books Poetry
Publio Fausto Andrelini – Eclogues William Dunbar – Stephen Hawes – The Passtyme of Pleasure Niccolò Machiavelli – The First Decade (Decennale primo)
Births February 1 (approximate) – George Buchanan, Scottish humanist historian, scholar and poet (died 1582) August 12 – Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576) October – Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566) December 8 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian, writer and reformer (died 1549) Unknown dates Abderrahman El Majdoub, North African poet, Sufi and mystic Michael Helding (Sidonius), Roman Catholic bishop, scholar, writer and humanist (died 1561)Paul Tschackert: Helding, Michael. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Band 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, S. 164–166. probable Richard Grafton, English chronicler and King's Printer (died 1573) Hwang Jini, Korean woman kisaeng and poet (died c. 1560)
Deaths February 16 – Jakub of Gostynin, Polish philosopher (born c.1454) May 2 – Johannes von Soest, German composer, theorist and poet (born 1448) unknown date – Mihri Hatun, Ottoman Anatolian female poet
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