Timeline August 1549

Events in August 1549 4

• 1549 Prayer Book Rebellion Devon and Cornwall revolt against the new English liturgy Communities in Devon and Cornwall rose against the imposition of the English-language Book of Common Prayer, demanding a return to the Latin Mass. Royal troops suppressed the uprising after heavy fighting, including the Battle of Sampford Courtenay.
• 1549 Kett's Rebellion Norfolk uprising against land enclosures Tenant farmers and artisans led by Robert Kett rose up in Norfolk, England, to protest the enclosure of common land by local gentry. The rebels camped outside Norwich and briefly held the city before royal forces under the Earl of Warwick crushed the revolt at the Battle of Dussindale on 27 August 1549.
• 1549 Henry II declares war on England France reopens the fight for Boulogne King Henry II of France declared war on England on 8 August 1549, seeking to recover the port of Boulogne held by the English since 1544. The campaign dragged into 1550, when England agreed to return Boulogne to France under the Treaty of Boulogne.
• 1549 St. Francis Xavier arrives in Japan Jesuit missionary lands at Kagoshima Francis Xavier landed at Kagoshima on 15 August 1549, becoming the first Christian missionary to preach in Japan. His mission, sponsored by the Society of Jesus, opened a period of Portuguese-Japanese contact and Christian conversion that lasted until Japan later restricted foreign religion.