Famous Birthdays In 1540

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)

Jan 28 In the year 1540 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)

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

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 In the year 1540 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 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born in the year 1540.

Jan 27 On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies

Feb 02 On this day in history death of george Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen

Mar 30 In the year 1540 death of matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)

May 06 On this day in history jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48

May 22 On this day in history francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57

Jul 11 On this day in history jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies

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

Jul 28 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed died on this day in history.