Year '1549' (MDXLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1549

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1549

★ July - Agricultural workers stage Kett's Rebellion in East Anglia.

★ July 27 - Francis Xavier arrives in Japan.

★ November 4 - Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 proclaimed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

Undated

★ Salvador is established as the first capital of Brazil.

★ Petrus Canisius starts the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria.

★ The first Book of Common Prayer is published in England.

★ The Prayer Book Rebellion

Births

★ July 30 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1609)

★ August 2 - Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (died 1616)

★ November 5 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (died 1623)

★ November 30 - Sir Henry Savile, English educator (died 1622)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese military commander (died 1632)

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★ John Rainolds, English scholar and Bible translator (died 1607)

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★ Juan de Salcedo, Spanish conquistador (died 1576)

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★ Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (died 1605)

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★ Ogawa Suketada, Japanese warlord (died 1601)
: ''See also .''

Deaths

★ January 28 - Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (born 1469)

★ February 14 - Il Sodoma, Italian painter (born 1477)

★ March 10 - Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat (born 1508)

★ April - Andrew Boorde, English traveller (born 1490)

★ April 15 - Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (born 1496)

★ November 10 - Pope Paul III (born 1468)

★ December 7 - Robert Kett, English rebel (executed)

★ December 21 - Marguerite of Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (born 1492)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Daniel Bomberg, printer
: ''See also .''

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