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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1528.

Events

  • October 2 – William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man (The Obedience of a Christen man, and how Christen rulers ought to govern) is printed in Antwerp for clandestine distribution in England.

New books

  • Baltissare Castiglione – The Book of the Courtier (Il Cortegiano)
  • Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples – Ancien Testament (translation of the Old Testament into French)
  • Francisco Delicado – Portrait of Lozana: The Lusty Andalusian Woman (Retrato de la Loçana andaluza)
  • Desiderius Erasmus – Ciceronianus
  • Jean Fernel – Cosmotheoria
  • Martin Luther – Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (Vom Abendmahl Christi, Bekenntnis)
  • William Tyndale – The Obedience of a Christian Man

New drama

  • Ludovico Ariosto
  • La Lena
  • Il Negromante (approximate date of first performance)

New poetry

  • Anna Bijns – Refrains

Births

  • November 2 – Petrus Lotichius Secundus, born Peter Lotz, German scholar and Latin poet (died 1560)
  • unknown dates
  • Rémy Belleau, French poet (died 1577)
  • Birbal, born Maheshdas Bhat, Indian poet, wit and Grand Vizier of the Mughal court (died 1586)
  • Jean-Jacques Boissard, French antiquary and Latin poet (died 1602)
  • Henri Estienne, French printer and classical scholar (died 1598)
  • António Ferreira, Portuguese poet (died 1569)
  • Atagi Fuyuyasu (安宅 冬康), Japanese samurai and poet (died 1564)
  • Phùng Khắc Khoan, Vietnamese military strategist, politician, diplomat and poet (died 1613)
  • Thomas Whythorne, English composer and autobiographer (died 1595)

Deaths

  • March 10 – Balthasar Hubmaier, German Anabaptist theologian (born c.1480)
  • November 17 – Jakob Wimpfeling, humanist and theologian (born 1450)
  • unknown dates
  • Al-Birjandi, Persian scientist
  • Richard Hyrde, English scholar and translator
  • Erhard Ratdolt, German printer (born 1442)
  • probable – Giorgio Anselmo, Italian physician and Latin poet (born c.1458)

References