Famous Personalities Born In 1540

Jan 25 In the year 1540 birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 11 In the year 1540 birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)  

Jun 23 On this day in history birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer  

Jul 11 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg was born on this day in history.  

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

Aug 26 On this day in history birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)  

Oct 01 On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617)  

Dec 31 In the year 1540 birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)  

Jan 27 In the year 1540 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  

Feb 02 In the year 1540 death of george Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen  

Mar 30 Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469) died on this day in history.  

May 06 In the year 1540 jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48  

May 22 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jul 11 In the year 1540 jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies  

Jul 21 On this day in history john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies  

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