 ==events== *december 28 â the ordonnance de montpellier initiates a legal deposit system for books in the kingdom of france. *date unknown **construction of the biblioteca marciana in venice to the design of jacopo sansovino begins, continuing to 1560. **paracelsus starts to write astronomia magna or the whole philosophia sagax of the great and little world. **the institution of the christian man (also called the bishops' book), is written by a committee of 46 divines and bishops headed by thomas cranmer. the purpose of the work, along with the ten articles of the previous year, is to implement the reforms of henry viii in separating from the roman catholic church and reforming the ecclesia anglicana. "the work was a noble endeavor on the part of the bishops to promote unity, and to instruct the people in church doctrine." ==new books== *martin luther - die lÃ¼gend von s. johanne chrysostomo *john rogers - matthew bibledaniell, david (2003) the bible in english: history and influence. new haven and london: yale university press isbn 0-300-09930-4, p. 448 ==new drama== *lazare de baÃ¯f - translation of sophocles' electra ==poetry==  ==births== *unknown dates **achille gagliardi, italian jesuit writer (died 1607) **thomas preston, english dramatist and master of trinity hall, cambridge (died 1598)Ãmile legouis, a history of english literature, vol. 1 (london: dent, 1926), p. 156. *probable year - bernardino de escalante, spanish priest, geographer and writer (died after 1605) ==deaths== *september 24 â jean ruel, french physician and botanical writer (born 1474) *unknown date â abdul quddus gangohi, indian sufi poet (born 1456)satish saberwal, mushirul hasan. assertive religious identities: india and europe. manohar 2006. isbn 81-7304-673-5, isbn 978-81-7304-673-5 ==references== 
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