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 in the year 1540.  

Jun 03 Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1540.  

Aug 26 On this day in history 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 Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born in the year 1540.  

Jan 27 In the year 1540 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 Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469) died in the year 1540.  

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

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 in the year 1540.  

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

Jul 28 Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed died on this day in history.