1546 in literature

Events

• July 17 – Peter Faber, appointed by Pope Paul III to act as a peritus on behalf of the Holy See at the Council of Trent, arrives in Rome, exhausted by his journey; he dies a fortnight later.
• unknown date – Francisco de Moraes visits Paris for the second time, obtaining inspiration for his Palmerin d'Angleterre.

  New books

Prose

• Sir John Prise of Brecon – Yn y lhyvyr hwnn
• François Rabelais – Le Tiers Livre

  Drama

• Sperone Speroni – Canace

  Poetry

• See 1546 in poetry

  Births

• March 27 – Johannes Piscator, German theologian
• May 21 – Madeleine de l'Aubespine, French poet and patron
• October 5 – Cyriakus Schneegass, German Lutheran pastor, composer and music theorist
• unknown dates
• *Philippe Desportes, French poet
• *Pierre de La Primaudaye, French Protestant writer
• *Veronica Franco, Venetian poet and courtesan
• *Daniel Adam z Veleslavína, Czech lexicographer, publisher and writer

  Deaths

• February 18 – Martin Luther, German theologian and reformer, 62
• April 7 – Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian, 55
• August 1 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian, 40.