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Historical Events In 1540

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Jan 06   In the year 1540 king Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   In the year 1540 edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 27   Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   On this day in history george Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 09   The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 09   The first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 14   Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 25   On this day in history francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 25   Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 04   In the year 1540 protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   On this day in history court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 29   On this day in history emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   Venice &Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 03   Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 10   In the year 1540 thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 23   In the year 1540 johann Baptista Serranus, composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 24   In the year 1540 henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 29   In the year 1540 english ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 09   England's King Henry VIII 6-mo marriage to Anne of Cleves annulled in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   In the year 1540 turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   On this day in history english King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   On this day in history thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 15   Arequipa, Peru, is founded in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 23   Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 29   Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 25   In the year 1540 birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 28   Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 03   In the year 1540 birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 11   On this day in history birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 23   Johann Baptista Serranus, composer was born in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 26   In the year 1540 birth of king Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1540

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 27   On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 02   On this day in history death of george Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   In the year 1540 death of matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 in the year 1540.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   In the year 1540 francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   In the year 1540 jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   On this day in history john I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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