•
July 20 –
Cambridge University Press is granted a
royal charter by King
Henry VIII of England to print "all manner of books" and becomes the first of the
privileged presses. •
unknown dates •
Luther Bible:
Martin Luther's
Biblia: das ist die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch, a
translation of the complete
Bible into
German is printed by
Hans Lufft in
Wittenberg, including
woodcut illustrations. • Rabbi Asher Anchel's
Mirkevet ha-Mishneh (a
Tanakh concordance) becomes the first book printed in
Yiddish (in
Kraków). ==New books==