1549 in literature

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1549.

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.<ref name=POTD>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=CBH>Template:Cite book</ref> It results in a Prayer Book Rebellion breaking out in the West Country.<ref name=CC>Template:Cite book</ref>
Sir Donald Monro, Dean of the Isles, produces the original manuscript of the Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (not published until 1582).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Joachim du Bellay – La Deffense et illustration de la langue françoyse<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Joannes Bunderius – Compendium concertationis hujus saeculi sapientium et theologorum
Robert Wedderburn (probable) – The Complaynt of Scotland

Johannes Aal – Johannes der Täufer (John the Baptist)
Lodovico Dolce
- Fabritia
- Giocasta (translation and adaptation of Euripides' The Phoenician Women)

March 11 – Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel, Dutch philosopher and grammarian (died 1612)
December 24 – Kaspar Ulenberg, theologian and Bible translator (died 1617)<ref>Template:CathEncy</ref>
unknown dates
- Pietro Alagona, Italian theologian (died 1624)
- Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Croatian statesman, philosopher and science writer (died 1610)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (died 1626)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Thomas Stephens, Jesuit writer and linguist (died 1619)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

January 23 – Johannes Honter, Romanian humanist theologian (born 1498)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 28 – Elia Levita, Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (born 1469)
March 25 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian (born 1506)<ref>Template:NDB</ref>
April – Andrew Boorde, traveller, physician and writer (born 1490)
August – Jacob Ziegler, humanist and theologian (born c.1470)
November 25 – Jean de Gagny, French theologian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
December 21 – Marguerite de Navarre, French princess, poet, playwright and short story writer (born 1492)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
unknown date – Daniel Bomberg, Flemish printer (born c.1483)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
probable – Leonard Cox, humanist scholar and rhetorician (born c. 1495)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>