Book of Common Prayer
Jun 9 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
First Christian Missionary in Japan
Jul 27 First Christian missionary in Japan, Jesuit priest Francis Xavier reaches Japan but is not permitted to enter any port until August 15
- Aug 8 Henry II of France declares war on England and orders the siege of Boulogne
- Aug 12 French troops conquer Ambleteuse, in the Pas-de-Calais, and kill all the English prisoners.
- Aug 15 Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549)
- Aug 27 Battle of Dussindale: John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Kett's army, ending Kett's rebellion in Norfolk, England
- Sep 13 Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna
- Oct 10 Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector & imprisoned
- Oct 12 John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, forces the Duke of Somerset out of his office as Lord Protector.
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V