1549 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1549.

Events

• June 9 – Book of Common Prayer (The Booke of the 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]
• Approximate date – The content of the Guildhall Library in the City of London is 'sent for' by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England, and never returned.^[5]

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 ("John the Baptist")
• Lodovico Dolce
  • Fabritia
  • Giocasta (translation and adaptation of Euripides' The Phoenician Women)

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

1. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
2. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 147–150. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
3. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 215–218. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
4. Ross, Alexander (1884). "The Reverend Donald Munro, M.A., High Dean of the Isles". The Celtic Magazine 9: 142–144.
5. "History of Guildhall Library". City of London. Retrieved 2014-04-07.