1526 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1526.Events
- Spring – The first complete printed translation of the New Testament into English, by William Tyndale, arrives in England from Germany, printing having been completed in Worms by Peter Schöffer the younger, with other copies being printed in Amsterdam.
- c.September – Following the Battle of Mohács, the Bibliotheca Corviniana in Ofen is destroyed by troops of the Ottoman Empire.
- September 6 – The first complete Dutch-language translation of the Bible is printed by Jacob van Liesvelt in Antwerp.
- October – Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London, attempts to collect all copies of Tyndale's New Testament in his diocese and burn them.
- unknown dates
- *The New Testament is translated into Swedish, as the first such official translation, made by Olaus Petri under royal patronage.
- *An edition of the Bible, Biblia Sacra, is printed by Yolande Bonhomme in Paris, the first to be printed by a woman.
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