Deaths
- June 10 – Luís de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as "Luis de Camoens", died (born about 1524), perhaps the most highly regarded Portuguese poet
- June 22 – Hernando de Acuna died (born c. 1520), Spanish
- Also:
- Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz (born 1500), Greek kabbalist and poet
- Wu Cheng'en died 1580 or 1582 (born 1500 or 1505), Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty
- Robin Clidro (born 1545), Welsh language poet and itinerant poet
- Sebastián de Horozco (born 1510), Spanish poet and playwright
- Thomas Tusser (born 1524), English
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