Famous Deaths Happened In 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 On this day in history death of matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)  

May 06 In the year 1540 jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 21 John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jul 30 In the year 1540 death of robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)  

Aug 23 In the year 1540 death of guillaume Budé, French scholar  

Aug 24 In the year 1540 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)  

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

Oct 04 On this day in history helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies  

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

Jan 28 In the year 1540 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 In the year 1540 birth of johann Baptista Serranus, composer  

Jul 11 On this day in history birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg  

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 on this day in history.