1549 in literature

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. 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 (not published until 1582).
 * 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.

Prose

 * Joachim du Bellay – La Deffense et illustration de la langue françoyse
 * Joannes Bunderius – Compendium concertationis hujus saeculi sapientium et theologorum
 * Robert Wedderburn (probable) – The Complaynt of Scotland

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)
 * unknown dates
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * November 25 – Jean de Gagny, French theologian
 * December 21 – Marguerite de Navarre, French princess, poet, playwright and short story writer (born 1492)
 * unknown date – Daniel Bomberg, Flemish printer (born c.1483)
 * probable – Leonard Cox, humanist scholar and rhetorician (born c. 1495)