1550 in literature
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Events
- July 17 - Grant to Humphrey Powell from King Edward VI of England to start printing in Ireland.[1]
- Robert Estienne sets up a printing press in Geneva.
- Approximate date - First publication in book form of the Chinese shenmo fantasy novel Fengshen Yanyi.[2]
New books
- Leandro Alberti - Istoria di Bologna
- Martin Bucer - De regno Christi
- Thomas Cranmer - Defence of the True and Catholic Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
- Doddayya - Chandraprabha Purana
- Ramamatya - Svaramelakalanidhi
- Richard Sherry - A treatise of Schemes & Tropes
- Primož Trubar - Catechismus and Abecedarium (first books in Slovene)
- The Facetious Nights of Straparola (first European storybook to contain fairy-tales)
- Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
- Rosary of the Philosophers
New drama
- Thomas Naogeorgus - Agricultura sacra
- Hans Sachs
- Der fahrende Schüler im Paradies
- Das Wildbad
Poetry
- See 1550 in poetry
Births
- December 22 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (died 1631)
- Unknown dates
- Wacker von Wackenfels, German diplomat, scholar and author (died 1619)
- George Wyatt, biographer of Anne Boleyn (died 1623)
- Zang Maoxun, Chinese playwright (died 1620)
- Probable year of birth – Philip Henslowe, Elizabethan theatrical entrepreneur and impresario (died 1616)
Deaths
- February – Marcantonio Flaminio, Latin-language poet (born c.1498)
- December 8 – Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian poet, dramatist and grammarian (born 1478)
- Unknown date – William Lamb alias Paniter, Scottish writer, cleric and lawyer (born c. 1493)