1528 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1528.

Events

 * October 2 – William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man (The Obedience of a Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to govern) is printed in Antwerp for clandestine distribution in England.

New books

 * Baltissare Castiglione – The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano)
 * Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples – Ancien Testament (translation of the Old Testament into French)
 * Francisco Delicado – Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman (Retrato de la Loçana andaluza)
 * Desiderius Erasmus – Ciceronianus
 * Jean Fernel – Cosmotheoria
 * Martin Luther – Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (Vom Abendmahl Christi, Bekenntnis)
 * William Tyndale – The Obedience of a Christian Man

New drama

 * Ludovico Ariosto
 * La Lena
 * Il Negromante (approximate date of first performance)

New poetry

 * Anna Bijns – Refrains

Births

 * November 2 – Petrus Lotichius Secundus, born Peter Lotz, German scholar and Latin poet (died 1560)
 * unknown dates
 * Rémy Belleau, French poet (died 1577)
 * Birbal, born Maheshdas Bhat, Indian poet, wit and Grand Vizier of the Mughal court (died 1586)
 * Jean-Jacques Boissard, French antiquary and Latin poet (died 1602)
 * Henri Estienne, French printer and classical scholar (died 1598)
 * António Ferreira, Portuguese poet (died 1569)
 * Atagi Fuyuyasu (安宅 冬康), Japanese samurai and poet (died 1564)
 * Phùng Khắc Khoan, Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet (died 1613)
 * Thomas Whythorne, English composer and autobiographer (died 1595)

Deaths

 * March 10 – Balthasar Hubmaier, German Anabaptist theologian (born c.1480)
 * November 17 – Jakob Wimpfeling, humanist and theologian (born 1450)
 * unknown dates
 * Al-Birjandi, Persian scientist
 * Richard Hyrde, English scholar and translator
 * Erhard Ratdolt, German printer (born 1442)
 * probable – Giorgio Anselmo, Italian physician and Latin poet (born c.1458)