** Eutychius of Constantinople ( Byzantine Church )

** Digenis Akritas ( Greek ); about a hero of the Byzantine Empire

** Medieval Greek or Byzantine Greek, ( 330 – 1453 AD )

** Byzantine Egypt: 395 to 645

** Hypatius of Bithynia ( Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches )

** Anthony the Great ( Roman Catholic and Eastern ( Byzantine ) Catholic Church )

** Byzantine Emperors

** Theodora, empress of Byzantine ( after this year )

** Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (" Last Roman Emperor ")

** Lucas Notaras, last Megas Doux of the Byzantine Empire

** John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine emperor ( b. c. 1292 )

** Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor ( d. 1341 )

** Andronikos IV Palaiologos, The Byzantine Emperor

** Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian ( b. 1295 )

** Byzantine-Ottoman Wars – The Ottoman governor of Thessaly, Turakhan Beg, breaks through the Hexamilion wall for the fourth time and ravages the Peloponnese peninsula, to prevent the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea from assisting Constantinople during the final Ottoman siege of the imperial capital.

** The agreement reorganizing the Byzantine Empire's affairs is finalized as Anna of Savoy's son John V Palaiologos marries Kantakouzenos ' 15-year-old daughter Helena.

** Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine humanist ( d. 1415 )

** John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor ( d. 1408 )

** John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor ( b. 1370 )

** George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian ( b. 1242 )

** Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian

** Theodore Metochites, Byzantine statesman and philosopher ( b. 1270 )

** July 17 – The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople by assault ; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile.

** August 1 – The Fourth Crusade elevates Alexius IV as Byzantine Emperor, after the citizens of Constantinople proclaim as emperor Isaac II Angelus ( Alexius IV's father ).

** Ai Qing ( 1910 – 1996 ), poet and political prisoner

** Argonautica by Gaius Valerius Flaccus ( Roman poet, Greek mythology )

** Thebaid and Achilleid by Statius ( Roman poet, Greek mythology )

** Grook – form of short aphoristic poem invented by the Danish poet and scientist Piet Hein, who wrote over 7, 000 of them.

** Artur Adson, Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic ( b. 1889 )

** Shel Silverstein, American author and poet ( b. 1930 )

** Abdul-Qader Bedil, Persian Sufi poet ( d. 1720 )

** Nel Benschop, Dutch poet ( d. 2005 )

** William Jay Smith, American poet

** Joyce Kilmer, American journalist and poet ( b. 1886 )

** Wilfred Owen, British poet and soldier ( b. 1893 )

** Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet ( b. 1880 )

** Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet ( b. 1891 )

** Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet ( b. 1887 )

** Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet ( killed in action ) ( b. 1887 )

** Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet ( d. 1886 )

** Stephen Foster, American songwriter and poet ( d. 1864 )

** Kočo Racin, Macedonian poet and revolutionary ( d. 1943 )

** Christopher Dewdney, Canadian poet

** Joy Harjo, Native American poet

** Paul Muldoon, Irish poet

** Garrett Hongo, American poet

** Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter ( d. 1972 )

** Stanley Vestal, American writer, poet, historian ( b. 1877 )

** Sri Chinmoy, Bengali spiritual teacher, poet, artist and athlete who immigrated to the U. S. in 1964 ( d. 2007 )