History
1549 
World
General
Population: 499 Million*- Entertainment: Writers include Friedrich Dedekind (sataire against the coarseness of the times), Joachim du Bellay (French classic poetry),
Siegmund von Herberstein (report on Russia)
Music includes Adrian Willaert - combines Dutch and Italian musical styles - Religion: Death of Pope Paul III nicknamed "the skirt-chaser"
- Science: Melanchthon objects to theories of Copernicus
- Deaths: Author Margaret of Navarre, Pope Paul III, Artist Sodoma,
Americas
- Thome de Souza founds Sao Salvador
- Guatemala: Guatemalan volcano "Aqua" unleashes lake on Spanish capital
- South America: Jesuit missionaries in South America
Asia
- Japan: Start of mission of Jesuit preacher St. Francis Xavier to Japan – first Christians
Europe
- General: Court jesters including dwarfs and cripples appear in Europe
- England: British Book of Common Prayer published - Prayer Book Rebellion in Exeter results in corpse dangling 4 years until Mary takes the throne
Cranmer's "Book of Common Prayer" set to music
Act of Uniformity makes Catholic mass illegal - Italian States: Piero Ligorio creates Villa d'Este in Tivoli
Palladio makes Basilica in Vicenza - Russia: Ivan IV calls for first national assembly in Russia
- Switzerland: Consensus Tigurinus agreement between Calvin and Zwinglians on Holy Communion in Zurich
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