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Historical Events In 1540

Saturday, 25 March 2023

Jan 06   King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   In the year 1540 edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 27   On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   On this day in history george Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 09   The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 09   In the year 1540 the first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 14   In the year 1540 emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 25   Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 25   Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 04   On this day in history protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 29   Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   On this day in history venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   In the year 1540 venice &Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   In the year 1540 jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 03   On this day in history hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 10   Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 23   Johann Baptista Serranus, composer in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 24   In the year 1540 henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 29   In the year 1540 english ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 09   England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   In the year 1540 england's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 15   Arequipa, Peru, is founded on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 23   Guillaume Budé, French scholar in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   In the year 1540 explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 29   Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1540

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 25   Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 28   Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 03   Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 11   Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 23   Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   On this day in history birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 26   In the year 1540 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1540

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 27   Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   On this day in history death of matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   In the year 1540 jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed died in the year 1540.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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