List of years in literature
1550s
### 1550s

* **[1550 in literature](/wiki/1550_in_literature "1550 in literature")** – *[Fengshen Yanyi](/wiki/Fengshen_Yanyi "Fengshen Yanyi")* ([Xu Zhonglin](/wiki/Xu_Zhonglin "Xu Zhonglin")), [Abecedarium (Trubar)](/wiki/Abecedarium_%28Trubar%29 "Abecedarium (Trubar)"), [Liao\-Fan's Four Lessons](/wiki/Liao-Fan%27s_Four_Lessons "Liao-Fan's Four Lessons"), *[Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects](/wiki/Lives_of_the_Most_Excellent_Painters%2C_Sculptors%2C_and_Architects "Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects")* (Vasari), *[Svaramelakalanidhi](/wiki/Svaramelakalanidhi "Svaramelakalanidhi")* (Ramamatya)
* **[1551 in literature](/wiki/1551_in_literature "1551 in literature")** – [Prutenic Tables](/wiki/Prutenic_Tables "Prutenic Tables") ([Erasmus Reinhold](/wiki/Erasmus_Reinhold "Erasmus Reinhold")), *[Stoglav](/wiki/Stoglav "Stoglav")*
* **[1552 in literature](/wiki/1552_in_literature "1552 in literature")** – *[Gunamala](/wiki/Gunamala "Gunamala")* (Sankardev), *[A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies](/wiki/A_Short_Account_of_the_Destruction_of_the_Indies "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies")* (de las Casas), *[Historia general de las Indias](/wiki/Historia_general_de_las_Indias "Historia general de las Indias")* (López de Gómara)
* **[1553 in literature](/wiki/1553_in_literature "1553 in literature")** – *[Christianismi Restitutio](/wiki/Christianismi_Restitutio "Christianismi Restitutio")* (Servetus), *[Observations](/wiki/Observations_%28Pierre_Belon%29 "Observations (Pierre Belon)")* ([Pierre Belon](/wiki/Pierre_Belon "Pierre Belon")), *[Scepter of Judah](/wiki/Scepter_of_Judah "Scepter of Judah")* ([Solomon ibn Verga](/wiki/Solomon_ibn_Verga "Solomon ibn Verga"))
* **[1554 in literature](/wiki/1554_in_literature "1554 in literature")** – *[Lazarillo de Tormes](/wiki/Lazarillo_de_Tormes "Lazarillo de Tormes")*
* **[1555 in literature](/wiki/1555_in_literature "1555 in literature")** – *[Gosudarev Rodoslovets](/wiki/Gosudarev_Rodoslovets "Gosudarev Rodoslovets")*, *[Les Prophéties](/wiki/Les_Proph%C3%A9ties "Les Prophéties")* ([Nostradamus](/wiki/Nostradamus "Nostradamus")), *[Meshari](/wiki/Meshari "Meshari")* ([Gjon Buzuku](/wiki/Gjon_Buzuku "Gjon Buzuku"))
* **[1556 in literature](/wiki/1556_in_literature "1556 in literature")** – *[De re metallica](/wiki/De_re_metallica "De re metallica")* (Agricola)
* **[1557 in literature](/wiki/1557_in_literature "1557 in literature")** – *[Mirat ul Memalik](/wiki/Mirat_ul_Memalik "Mirat ul Memalik")* ([Seydi Ali Reis](/wiki/Seydi_Ali_Reis "Seydi Ali Reis")), *[Physica speculatio](/wiki/Physica_speculatio "Physica speculatio")* (Alonso Gutiérrez), *[Tottel's Miscellany](/wiki/Tottel%27s_Miscellany "Tottel's Miscellany")*, *[The Whetstone of Witte](/wiki/The_Whetstone_of_Witte "The Whetstone of Witte")* (Records)
* **[1558 in literature](/wiki/1558_in_literature "1558 in literature")** – *[Heptaméron](/wiki/Heptam%C3%A9ron "Heptaméron")* ([Marguerite de Navarre](/wiki/Marguerite_de_Navarre "Marguerite de Navarre")), *[The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women](/wiki/The_First_Blast_of_the_Trumpet_Against_the_Monstruous_Regiment_of_Women "The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women")* ([Knox](/wiki/John_Knox "John Knox")), *[Il Galateo](/wiki/Il_Galateo "Il Galateo")* ([Della Casa](/wiki/Della_Casa "Della Casa"))
* **[1559 in literature](/wiki/1559_in_literature "1559 in literature")** – [Elizabethan](/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England "Elizabeth I of England") [Book of Common Prayer](/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer "Book of Common Prayer"), [Magdeburg Centuries](/wiki/Magdeburg_Centuries "Magdeburg Centuries") (first volume), *[The History of the Reformation in Scotland](/wiki/The_History_of_the_Reformation_in_Scotland "The History of the Reformation in Scotland")* (completed in 1566\) by [John Knox](/wiki/John_Knox "John Knox")

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