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1549
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1546 1547 1548 - 1549 - 1550 1551 1552 |
| 1549 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1549 (MDXLIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Kingdom of England, it was known as 'The Year of the Many-Headed Monster', because of the unusually high number of rebellions which racked the country.
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[edit] Events of 1549
- July - Agricultural workers stage Kett's Rebellion in East Anglia.
- July 27 - Francis Xavier arrives in Japan.
- November 4 - The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 is proclaimed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- March 29 - The city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil's first capital, is founded.
[edit] Undated
- Petrus Canisius starts the Counter-Reformation in Bavaria.
- The first Book of Common Prayer is published in England.
- The Prayer Book Rebellion breaks out in England.
- Excerpta antiqua published by Hervagius at Basel.
- Although trade existed between the two beforehand, in this year the Portuguese begins to send regular seasonal maritime trade missions to Ming Dynasty China at Sao João Island (also known as Shangchuan Island) near Macau.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1549 MDXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2302 |
| Armenian calendar | 998 ԹՎ ՋՂԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -295 – -294 |
| Berber calendar | 2499 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2093 |
| Burmese calendar | 911 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7057 – 7058 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十二月初三日 (4185/4245-12-3) — to —
己酉年十二月十三日(4186/4246-12-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 1265 – 1266 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1541 – 1542 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5309 – 5310 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1604 – 1605 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1471 – 1472 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4650 – 4651 |
| Holocene calendar | 11549 |
| Iranian calendar | 927 – 928 |
| Islamic calendar | 955 – 956 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 18 (天文18年) |
| Korean calendar | 3882 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2092 |
- July 30 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
- August 2 - Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (d. 1616)
- November 5 - Philippe de Mornay, French writer (d. 1623)
- November 30 - Sir Henry Savile, English educator (d. 1622)
- date unknown
- Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese military commander (d. 1632)
- John Rainolds, English scholar and Bible translator (d. 1607)
- Juan de Salcedo, Spanish conquistador (d. 1576)
- Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1605)
- Ogawa Suketada, Japanese warlord (d. 1601)
- See also Category: 1549 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (b. 1469)
- February 14 - Il Sodoma, Italian painter (b. 1477)
- March 10 - Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat (b. 1508)
- April - Andrew Boorde, English traveller (b. 1490)
- April 15 - Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (b. 1496)
- November 10 - Pope Paul III (b. 1468)
- December 7 - Robert Kett, English rebel (executed)
- December 21 - Marguerite of Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)
- date unknown
- Daniel Bomberg, printer
- See also Category: 1549 deaths.