1549 in literature
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Events
- June 9 - Book of Common Prayer introduced in churches in England[1] as required by the Act of Uniformity of January 15,[2] resulting in the Prayer Book Rebellion breaking out in the West Country.[3]
- Sir Donald Monro, Dean of the Isles, produces the original manuscript of the Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (not published until 1582).[4]
New books
- Joachim du Bellay - Défense et illustration de la langue française
- Joannes Bunderius - Compendium concertationis hujus saeculi sapientium et theologorum
- The Complaynt of Scotland
New drama
- Johannes Aal - Johannes der Täufer (St. John Baptist)
Poetry
- See 1549 in poetry
Births
- March 11 - Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel, Dutch philosopher and grammarian (died 1612)
- December 24 - Kaspar Ulenberg, theologian and Bible translator (died 1617)
- date unknown
- Pietro Alagona, Italian theologian (died 1624)
- Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Croatian statesman, philosopher and science writer (died 1610)
- Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (died 1626)
- probable - Thomas Stephens, Jesuit writer and linguist (died 1619)
Deaths
- January 23 - Johannes Honter, Romanian humanist theologian (born 1498)
- January 28 - Elia Levita, Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (born 1469)
- March 25 - Veit Dietrich, German theologian (born 1506)
- April - Andrew Boorde, traveller, physician and writer (born 1490)
- August - Jacob Ziegler, humanist and theologian (born c.1470)
- December 21 - Marguerite de Navarre, French princess, poet, playwright and short story writer (born 1492)
- date unknown
- Daniel Bomberg, Flemish printer
- Jean de Gagny, French theologian
- probable - Leonard Cox, humanist scholar and rhetorician (born c.1495)
References
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 147–150. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 215–218. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Ross, Alexander (1884). "The Reverend Donald Munro, M.A., High Dean of the Isles". The Celtic Magazine 9: 142–144.
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