Famous Birthdays In 1540

Jan 25 Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born in the year 1540.

Jan 28 Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born in the year 1540.

Jun 03 Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born in the year 1540.

Jun 11 Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.

Jun 23 In the year 1540 birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer

Jul 11 In the year 1540 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg

Aug 05 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born in the year 1540.

Aug 26 King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born in the year 1540.

Oct 01 In the year 1540 birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)

Dec 31 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.

Jan 27 Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.

Feb 02 George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen died on this day in history.

Mar 30 Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469) died in the year 1540.

May 06 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 in the year 1540.

May 22 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 in the year 1540.

Jul 11 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies on this day in history.

Jul 21 John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies in the year 1540.

Jul 28 In the year 1540 death of thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed