Historical Events Jan 21 Act of Uniformity passed by the English Parliament requiring clergy use The Book of Common Prayer Famous Deaths Jan 19 Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies Jan 23 Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498) Jan 28 Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 Dec 1548 History by Year Feb 1549 What Happened in 1549 Book of Common PrayerJune 9, 1549