1549 in literature

Events

• June 9 – The Booke of the Common Prayer is introduced in churches in England as required by the Act of Uniformity of January 15. It results in a Prayer Book Rebellion breaking out in the West Country.
• Sir Donald Monro, Dean of the Isles, produces the original manuscript of the Description of the Western Isles of Scotland.
• unknown date – The content of the Guildhall Library in the City of London is acquired by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England, for his personal use.

  New books

Prose

• Joachim du Bellay – La Deffense et illustration de la langue françoyse
• Joannes Bunderius – Compendium concertationis hujus saeculi sapientium et theologorum
• The Complaynt of Scotland

  Drama

• Johannes Aal – Johannes der Täufer
• Lodovico Dolce
• *Fabritia
• *Giocasta

  Poetry

• See 1549 in poetry

  Births

• March 11 – Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel, Dutch philosopher and grammarian
• December 24 – Kaspar Ulenberg, theologian and Bible translator
• unknown dates
• *Pietro Alagona, Italian theologian
• *Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Croatian statesman, philosopher and science writer
• Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian
• *Thomas Stephens, Jesuit writer and linguist

  Deaths

• January 23 – Johannes Honter, Romanian humanist theologian
• January 28 – Elia Levita, Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet
• March 25 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian
• April – Andrew Boorde, traveller, physician and writer
• August – Jacob Ziegler, humanist and theologian
• November 25 – Jean de Gagny, French theologian
• December 21 – Marguerite de Navarre, French princess, poet, playwright and short story writer
• unknown date – Daniel Bomberg, Flemish printer
• probable – Leonard Cox, humanist scholar and rhetorician