| List of years in literature (Table) |
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See also: 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- 1456 - Johann Gutenberg prints the Vulgate Bible
- 1478 - The Ranworth Antiphoner is presented to St Helen's Church, Ranworth.
New books
- 1410
- Thomas Occleve - The Regement of Princes
- 1420
- John Lydgate - The Siege of Thebes
- 1429
- Leone Battista Alberti - Amator
- 1434
- Treatise on the Barbarian Kingdoms on the Western Oceans (China).
- 1436
- The Marvels discovered by the boat bound for the Galaxy (China).
- 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
- 1473
- Sir John Fortescue - The Governaunce of England -
- 1477
- History of Jason, a translation from the French of Raoul Le Fèvre by William Caxton, begins large printed book publication in England, in or about this year; in the previous two years Caxton has been publishing English books from Bruges
- 1479
- Rodolphus Agricola - De inventione dialectica
- 1482
- Mosen Diego de Valera - Cronica valeriana!
- 1485
- Joseph Albo - Sefer ha-Ikkarim (written before 1444)
- Sir Thomas Malory - Le Morte d'Arthur
- 1486
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola - Oration of the Dignity of Man
- 1487
- Niccolò da Correggio - Fabula di Cefalo
- 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
- 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
New drama
Births
- 1406 - Matteo Palmieri, Florentine humanist and historian (d. 1475)
- 1485 - Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1553)
Deaths
- c. 1426 - John Audelay
- 1451 - John Lydgate
- 1471 - Sir Thomas Malory
- 1475 - Matteo Palmieri
- 1486 - Margareta Clausdotter
See also
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