1551 in literature

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This is a list of literature-related events in 1551.

Events

Juan de Betanzos begins to write his "Narrative of the Incas".
An edition of the Book of Common Prayer printed by Humphrey Powell, de facto King's Printer in Dublin, becomes the first book printed in Ireland.

Bishop Mikael Agricola - Abckiria, second edition
John Calvin - De Scandalis
Bartolomé de las Casas - Historia general de las Indias
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski - Commentariorum De Republica emendanda libri quinque ("Five Books of Commentaries on the Improvement of Commonwealth")
Stoglav (Стоглав, Book of One Hundred Chapters), a collection of decisions of the Stoglavy Synod that regulates canon law and ecclesiastical life in the Tsardom of Russia, especially the everyday life and mores of the Russian clergy.^[1]

Lorenzo de Sepúlveda - Romances nueuamente sacados de historias antiguas de la crónica de España
See also 1551 in poetry

May 2 – William Camden, historian (died 1623)
Unknown dates
- Nikollë Bardhi, Albanian writer (died 1617)
- Bhai Gurdas, Punjabi Sikh writer and preacher (died 1636)
- Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi, Islamic scholar (died 1642)
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, historian of the Mughal emperor Akbar (died 1602)

January 17 – Pedro Mexía, Spanish Humanist philosopher and historian (born 1497)
May 6 – Johannes Baptista Montanus, Italian medical writer (born 1498)
May 17 – Shin Saimdang, Korean artist, calligraphist and poet (born 1504)
Unknown date – Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (born c.1500)

↑ Kollmann, Jack (1978). The Moscow Stoglav ('Hundred Chapters') Church Council of 1551. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.