1549

Events

• July - Kett's Rebellion
• Francis Xavier arrives in Japan.
• Salvador established, first capital of Brazil
• Petrus Canisius starts the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria

Births

• July 30 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
• Eustache du Caurroy, French composer of chansons
• Philippe de Mornay, French Protestant writer
• John Rainolds, English divine and writer, assisted in preparing the King James Bible
• Henry Savile, English scholar, provost of Eton

Deaths

• November 10 - Pope Paul III
• December 21 - Marguerite of Navarre, Queen of Navarre and writer

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