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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Year nav topic5 Шаблон:Use British English 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 – De re metallica
- John Ponet – A Short Treasure of Politic Power
Poetry
- Pierre de Ronsard – Les Hymnes
Births
- March 7 – Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and philosopher (died 1621)
- April 27 – François Béroalde de Verville, French novelist and poet (died 1626)
- July 25 (baptised) – George Peele, English dramatist and poet (died 1596)
- August 10 – Philipp Nicolai, German poet and composer (died 1608)
- November 15 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French poet, cardinal and politician (died 1618)
- November 25 (baptised) – John Heminges, English actor and editor of the First Folio (died 1630)[4]
- Unknown date – John Paul Nazarius, Italian theologian (died 1645)
Deaths
- April 26 – Valentin Friedland, German scholar and teacher (born 1490)
- May 7 – Hieronymus Andreae, German printer and publisher (date of birth unknown)
- July 31 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish theologian, founder of the Jesuits (born 1491)
- October 21 – Pietro Aretino, Italian satirist (born 1492)[5]
- October 31 – Johannes Sleidanus, Luxembourgeois historian (born 1506)
- November 14 – Giovanni della Casa, Florentine poet (born 1503)
- December 23 – 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]
References
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- ↑ Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964. Baltimore, Penguin, 1964, p 213
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- ↑ Daisy L. Neijmann A History of Icelandic Literature, p. 177.