Italian poet Veronica Gambara died #OTD in 1550.
She was the ruler of the County of Correggio from 1518 until 1550. Some of her notable poems include sonnets and canzoni (lyric poems) that were admired by her contemporaries. Gambara was a patron of the arts and maintained correspondence with many leading intellectuals and poets of her time, including Pietro Bembo, Ludovico Ariosto, and Bernardo Tasso.