1551 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1551.Events
Prose
- Bishop Mikael Agricola – Abckiria
- John Calvin – De Scandalis
- Bartolomé de las Casas – Historia general de las Indias
- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski – Commentariorum De Republica emendanda libri quinque
- Stoglav, collection of decisions of the Stoglavy Synod that regulated canon law etc. in the Tsardom of Russia, especially everyday life and mores of the clergy.
Drama
- Ludovico Ariosto – I suppositi
- Marin Držić – Dundo Maroje
- Hans Sachs – Das heiss Eisen
- Georg Wickram – Tobias
Poetry
- Lorenzo de Sepúlveda – Romances nueuamente sacados de historias antiguas de la crónica de España
- See also 1551 in poetry
Births
- May 2 – William Camden, historian
- Unknown dates
- *Nikollë Bardhi, Albanian writer
- *Bhai Gurdas, Punjabi Sikh writer and preacher
- *Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi, Islamic scholar
- *Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, historian of the Mughal emperor Akbar
Deaths
- January 17 – Pedro Mexía, Spanish Humanist philosopher and historian
- May 6 – Johannes Baptista Montanus, Italian medical writer
- May 17 – Shin Saimdang, Korean artist, calligraphist and poet
- Unknown date – Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet
