Famous Deaths In 1540

Jan 27 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history death of thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed

Jul 30 Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495) died in the year 1540.

Aug 23 On this day in history death of guillaume Budé, French scholar

Aug 24 Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) died on this day in history.

Sep 02 In the year 1540 death of lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)

Oct 04 Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies on this day in history.

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

Jan 28 On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)

Jun 03 In the year 1540 birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)

Jun 11 Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) was born in the year 1540.

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 in the year 1540.

Aug 05 On this day in history birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating

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