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 Charles I of Austria (d. 1590) was born in the year 1540.  

Jun 11 On this day in history birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)  

Jun 23 On this day in history 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 In the year 1540 birth of joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating  

Aug 26 King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583) was born in the year 1540.  

Oct 01 Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617) was born in the year 1540.  

Dec 31 On this day in history birth of silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)  

Jan 27 Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies in the year 1540.  

Feb 02 In the year 1540 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 In the year 1540 jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48  

May 22 In the year 1540 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 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