 ==events== *hÃ´tel de bourgogne opens as a theatre in paris. *roger ascham becomes tutor to princess elizabeth, the future queen elizabeth i of england.*o'day, rosemary. "ascham, roger (1514/15â1568)," oxford dictionary of national biography. oxford university press, 2004. online article ==new books== *mikael agricola - se wsi testamenti (first translation of the new testament into finnish) *gruffudd hiraethog - oll synnwyr pen kembero ygyd (posthumous collection of welsh proverbs made by william salesbury) *martynas maÅ¾vydas - the simple words of catechism (first printed book in lithuanian) *catherine parr - the lamentation of a sinner *paolo pino - dialogo di pittura *william salesbury - a dictionary in englyshe and welshe *nicholas udall - the first tome or volume of the paraphrase of erasmus vpon the newe testamente *thomas vicary - anatomie of the bodie of man ==new drama== *john bale - kynge johan ==poetry== *see 1548 in poetry ==births== *may â carel van mander, dutch painter and poet (died 1606) *july 8 â kim jang-saeng, korean scholar, politician and writer (died 1631) *september 2 â vincenzo scamozzi, italian writer on architecture (died 1616) *november â andrÃ© guijon, french orator (died 1631) *november 27 â jacopo mazzoni, italian philosopher (died 1598) *unknown date â luis barahona de soto, spanish poet (died 1595) ==deaths== *february 26 â lorenzino de' medici, italian writer, 33 *june 6 â joÃ£o de castro, portuguese explorer and writer, 48 *october 27 â johannes dantiscus, polish poet and bishop, 63 *unknown date â cristoforo di messisbugo, italian food writer ==references==  
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