Famous Birthdays In 1540

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

Jan 28 Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 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 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 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 21 In the year 1540 john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies  

Jul 28 In the year 1540 death of thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed