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.

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