Famous Birthdays In 1540

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 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 In the year 1540 birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer  

Jul 11 In the year 1540 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg  

Aug 05 In the year 1540 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

Aug 26 In the year 1540 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)  

Oct 01 In the year 1540 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 Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

May 06 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 in the year 1540.  

May 22 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 in the year 1540.  

Jul 11 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies in the year 1540.  

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 in the year 1540.