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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)
- 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