1585 in poetry

Events

• Irish poet Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire composes the poem Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann.
• On the death of Pierre de Ronsard, Philippe Desportes became "recognized indisputably as France's greatest living poet," according to 20th century scholar Bernard Weinberg.

  Works published

• Giordano Bruno, Italy:
• * L’Infini de l’univers et les mondes
• * De gli eroici furori, a sonnet sequence and commentaries concerning the philosophy of love and love as a means of mystical ascent; dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney
• * Cabala del Cavallo pegaseo

  Births

• January 31 - Daniel Schwenter, German Orientalist, polymath, poet and librarian
• March 16 - Gerbrand Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright
• October 11 - Johann Heermann, German poet and hymn writer
• November 1 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector
• December 13 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet
• Also:
• * Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland, née Elizabeth Tanfield, English poet, translator and dramatist
• * Ján Filický born about this year, Slovak poet
• * Fang Weiyi, Chinese woman poet

  Deaths

• Paolo Giovio, birth year not known, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Ambrosius Lobwasser died, German
• December 27 - Pierre de Ronsard, French