1556 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1556.
Events
- Unknown dates
- The first printing press in India is introduced by Jesuits at Saint Paul's College, Goa.[1]
- The first written evidence of Yakshagana dance-drama is found on an inscription at the Lakshminarayana Temple, Hosaholalu in India.[2]
- Augustus, Elector of Saxony, establishes a royal state library in Dresden, predecessor of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden.[3]
New books
Prose
- Georg Bauer â De re metallica
- John Ponet â A Short Treasure of Politic Power
Poetry
- Pierre de Ronsard â Les Hymnes
Births
- March 7 â Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and philosopher (died 1621)
- April 27 â François Béroalde de Verville, French novelist and poet (died 1626)
- July 25 (baptised) â George Peele, English dramatist and poet (died 1596)
- August 10 â Philipp Nicolai, German poet and composer (died 1608)
- November 15 â Jacques Davy Duperron, French poet, cardinal and politician (died 1618)
- November 25 (baptised) â John Heminges, English actor and editor of the First Folio (died 1630)[4]
- Unknown date â John Paul Nazarius, Italian theologian (died 1645)
Deaths
- April 26 â Valentin Friedland, German scholar and teacher (born 1490)
- May 7 â Hieronymus Andreae, German printer and publisher (date of birth unknown)
- July 31 â Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish theologian, founder of the Jesuits (born 1491)
- October 21 â Pietro Aretino, Italian satirist (born 1492)[5]
- October 31 â Johannes Sleidanus, Luxembourgeois historian (born 1506)
- November 14 â Giovanni della Casa, Florentine poet (born 1503)
- December 23 â Nicholas Udall, English dramatist (born 1504)[6]
- Unknown dates
- Fuzûlî, Ottoman poet and philosopher (born c.1483)
- Oddur Gottskálksson, Icelandic translator (born 1514/1515)[7]