1556 in literature

none 1556 literature July 2020 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.Geoffrey C. Gunn First Globalization: The Eurasian Exchange, 1500 to 1800 https://books.google.com/books?id=4gQV2V01Y6UC&pg=PA87 2003 Rowman & Littlefield 978-0-7425-2662-4 87 The first written evidence of Yakshagana dance-drama is found on an inscription at the Lakshminarayana Temple, Hosaholalu in India.Yakshagana, a Dance Drama of India Martha Bush Ashton Bruce Christie 1977 Abhinav Publications New Delhi 21–22 2012-08-08 https://books.google.com/books?id=ug3DNI-1xwUC&q=arasikere+history Augustus, Elector of Saxony, establishes a royal state library in Dresden, predecessor of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden.Sir Frederic George Kenyon Libraries & Museums https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkjmQoBaJ0C 1930 E. Benn 27 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)Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964. Baltimore, Penguin, 1964, p 213 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)Edward Hutton Pietro Aretino: The Scourge of Princes https://books.google.com/books?id=1tFEAAAAYAAJ 1923 Houghton Mifflin 229 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)John A. Wagner Susan Walters Schmid Encyclopedia of Tudor England https://books.google.com/books?id=EUCY3otvttEC&pg=PA1120 2012 ABC-CLIO 978-1-59884-298-2 1120 Unknown dates Fuzûlî, Ottoman poet and philosopher (born c.1483) Oddur Gottskálksson, Icelandic translator (born 1514/1515)Daisy L. Neijmann A History of Icelandic Literature, p. 177. References