Historical Events In 1540

Jan 06   In the year 1540 king Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves   

Jan 25   Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) in the year 1540.   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history george Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen   

Feb 09   On this day in history the 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)   

Feb 09   On this day in history the first recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)   

Feb 14   Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels in the year 1540.   

Feb 25   Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife   

Mar 19   Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" on this day in history.   

Apr 29   In the year 1540 emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended   

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

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

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

May 22   Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57 in the year 1540.   

Jun 03   Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1540 thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister   

Jun 23   In the year 1540 johann Baptista Serranus, composer   

Jun 24   In the year 1540 henry VIII divorces his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves   

Jun 29   On this day in history english ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic   

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

Jul 11   On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg   

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 23   In the year 1540 turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary   

Jul 28   England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard in the year 1540.   

Jul 28   On this day in history english King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife   

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   Guillaume Budé, French scholar in the year 1540.   

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

Aug 29   Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1540 birth of charles I of Austria (d. 1590)   

Jun 11   In the year 1540 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 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 21   John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies in the year 1540.   

Jul 28   Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed died in the year 1540.