Historical Events In 1540

Jan 06   In the year 1540 king Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves   

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

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

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

Feb 09   The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) in the year 1540.   

Feb 09   In the year 1540 the first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)   

Feb 14   On this day in history emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels   

Feb 25   On this day in history francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico   

Feb 25   Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1540 protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife   

Mar 19   Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" on this day in history.   

Apr 29   Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended in the year 1540.   

May 04   Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople on this day in history.   

May 04   Venice &Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople in the year 1540.   

May 06   Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 03   On this day in history hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so   

Jun 10   In the year 1540 thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister   

Jun 23   In the year 1540 johann Baptista Serranus, composer   

Jun 24   Henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves on this day in history.   

Jun 29   English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic in the year 1540.   

Jul 09   England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg in the year 1540.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1540 turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary   

Jul 28   England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard in the year 1540.   

Jul 28   On this day in history english King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife   

Jul 28   On this day in history thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed   

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

Aug 15   Arequipa, Peru, is founded in the year 1540.   

Aug 23   Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.   

Aug 25   In the year 1540 explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River   

Aug 29   Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges in the year 1540.   

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

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   On this day in history birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)   

Jun 23   Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born in the year 1540.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

May 06   Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 11   In the year 1540 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   In the year 1540 death of thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed