Historical Events In 1540

Jan 06   King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves in the year 1540.   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1540 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

Feb 02   George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen in the year 1540.   

Feb 09   The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) in the year 1540.   

Feb 09   The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels   

Feb 25   In the year 1540 francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico   

Feb 25   In the year 1540 francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México   

Mar 04   Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife in the year 1540.   

Mar 19   In the year 1540 court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"   

Apr 29   Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended in the year 1540.   

May 04   Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople on this day in history.   

May 04   In the year 1540 venice &Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople   

May 06   Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

May 22   Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jun 03   Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so in the year 1540.   

Jun 10   Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister on this day in history.   

Jun 23   Johann Baptista Serranus, composer in the year 1540.   

Jun 24   On this day in history henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves   

Jun 29   English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic on this day in history.   

Jul 09   England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled in the year 1540.   

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

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 in the year 1540.   

Jul 23   Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary in the year 1540.   

Jul 28   England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard on this day in history.   

Jul 28   English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife in the year 1540.   

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

Aug 05   On this day in history joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating   

Aug 15   Arequipa, Peru, is founded on this day in history.   

Aug 23   In the year 1540 guillaume Budé, French scholar   

Aug 25   Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River in the year 1540.   

Aug 29   Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges in the year 1540.   

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

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

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.   

Jan 27   On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

Feb 02   George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen died on this day in history.   

Mar 30   Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469) died in the year 1540.   

May 06   On this day in history jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48   

May 22   Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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   Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed died in the year 1540.