15th century in literature
- 15th century in literature
"See also:" 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature.__TOC__
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" -
* exact year unknown (late 15th century) Pearl Poet - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
*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"
*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
**Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba - "Tirant lo Blanc"
*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"
Births
* 1485: - Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1553)
Deaths
* 1451 - John Lydgate
* 1471 - Sir Thomas Malory
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