1556 in literature
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This is a list of literature-related events in 1556.
Events
- The first printing press in India is introduced by Jesuits at Saint Paul's College, Goa.
New books
- Georg Bauer - De re metallica
- John Ponet - A Short Treasure of Politic Power
New drama
- None
Poetry
- Pierre de Ronsard - Les hymnes
Births
- March 7 – Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and philosopher (died 1621)
- April 27 – François Béroalde de Verville, French novelist and poet (died 1626)
- August 10 – Philipp Nicolai, German poet and composer (died 1608)
- November 25
- Jacques Davy Duperron, French poet and cardinal (died 1618)
- John Heminges, English actor and editor of the First Folio (died 1630)[1]
- Unknown date – John Paul Nazarius, Italian theologian (died 1645)
Deaths
- April 26 – Valentin Friedland, German scholar and teacher (born 1490)
- May 7 – Hieronymus Andreae, German printer and publisher (date of birth unknown)
- July 31 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish theologian, founder of the Jesuits (born 1491)
- October 21 – Pietro Aretino, Italian satirist (born 1492)
- October 31 – Johannes Sleidanus, Luxembourgeois historian (born 1506)
- November 14 – Giovanni della Casa, Florentine poet (born 1503)
- December 23 – Nicholas Udall, English dramatist (born 1504)
- Unknown dates
- Fuzûlî, Ottoman poet and philosopher (born c.1483)
- Oddur Gottskálksson, Icelandic translator (born 1514/1515)[2]
References
- ↑ Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964. Baltimore, Penguin, 1964, p 213
- ↑ Daisy L. Neijmann A History of Icelandic Literature, p. 177.