Famous Deaths Happened In 1540

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

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 On this day in history jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies  

Jul 21 On this day in history john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies  

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

Jul 30 Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495) died in the year 1540.  

Aug 23 Guillaume Budé, French scholar died in the year 1540.  

Aug 24 On this day in history 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 Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies on this day in history.  

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 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 Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born in the year 1540.  

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

Aug 05 Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born in the year 1540.  

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