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Calendar year
Year
1540
(
MDXL
) was a
leap year starting on Thursday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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January–June
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July–December
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- July 7
– Spanish conquistador
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
captures
Hawikuh
in modern-day New Mexico, at this time known as part of
Cibola
, but fails to find the legendary gold.
- July 9
– King
Henry VIII of England
's marriage to
Anne of Cleves
, his fourth
Queen consort
, is
annulled
.
[2]
- July 28
–
Thomas Cromwell
, is executed for
treason
on the orders of king
Henry VIII of England
. Henry marries his fifth wife,
Catherine Howard
, on the same day.
[2]
- August 15
– In
Peru
, Spanish captain
Garci Manuel de Carbajal
founds the Villa Hermosa de
Arequipa
; one year later,
Charles V
of Germany and I of Spain will give the valley a status of 'city' by royal decree.
- September
–
Gibraltar
is sacked by the fleet of
Barbary pirate
Ali Hamet, a
Sardinian
renegade
in the service of the
Ottoman Empire
, and many of its leading citizens are taken as captives to
Penon de Velez de la Gomera
in
Morocco
.
[3]
This leads to construction of the defensive
Charles V Wall
, at this time known as the
Muralla de San Benito
.
- September 3
–
Gelawdewos
succeeds his father
Lebna Dengel
as
Emperor of Ethiopia
.
- September 27
– The
Society of Jesus
(Jesuits) is approved by
Pope Paul III
, in his bull
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
.
- October 1
–
Battle of Alboran
: A
Habsburg Spanish
fleet, under the command of
Bernardino de Mendoza
, destroys an Ottoman fleet commanded by Ali Hamet off
Alboran Island
in the Mediterranean.
- October 18
– An expedition led by Spanish
conquistador
Hernando de Soto
destroys the fortified village of
Mabila
in modern-day
Alabama
, killing
paramount chief
Tuskaloosa
.
Date unknown
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Births
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- January 18
–
Catarina of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza
, claimant to the Portuguese throne in
1580
(d.
1614
)
- January 25
–
Edmund Campion
, English Jesuit and Roman Catholic martyr (d.
1581
)
[5]
- January 28
–
Ludolph van Ceulen
, German mathematician (d.
1610
)
- February 12
–
Won Gyun
, Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (d.
1597
)
- February 23
–
Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
(d.
1602
)
- February 25
–
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
, English aristocrat and courtier (d.
1614
)
- March 1
–
Enrique de Guzman, 2nd Count of Olivares
, Spanish noble (d.
1607
)
- March 17
–
Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, German prince of the House of Ascania (d.
1570
)
- April 3
–
Maria de' Medici
, Italian noble (d.
1557
)
- April 8
–
Toyotomi Hidenaga
, Japanese warlord (d.
1591
)
- May 9
–
Maharana Pratap
, Indian warrior king (d.
1597
)
- May 14
- May 22
–
James, Duke of Rothesay
, Scottish prince (d.
1541
)
- May 31
–
Henry Cheyne, 1st Baron Cheyne
, English politician and baron (d.
1587
)
- June 3
–
Charles II, Archduke of Austria
, regent of Inner Austria (d.
1590
)
- June 9
–
Shima Sakon
, Japanese samurai (d.
1600
)
- June 11
–
Barnabe Googe
, English poet (d.
1594
)
- June 29
–
Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli
, Spanish countess (d.
1592
)
- June 30
–
Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim
, Duchess of Saxony (d.
1594
)
- July 7
–
John Sigismund Zapolya
, King of Hungary (d.
1571
)
- July 11
–
Adolf of Nassau
, Count of Nassau, Dutch soldier (d.
1568
)
- July 16
–
Alfonso Carafa
, Italian cardinal (d.
1565
)
- July 19
–
Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrucken-Bitsch
, spouse of Count Philip V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d.
1569
)
- August 4
–
Sisto Fabri
, Italian theologian (d.
1594
)
- August 5
–
Joseph Justus Scaliger
, French Protestant scholar (d.
1609
)
- August 25
–
Lady Catherine Grey
, English noblewoman, potential successor to the throne (d.
1568
)
- September 5
–
Magnus, Duke of Holstein
, Prince of Denmark (d.
1583
)
- September 9
–
John VII, Count of Oldenburg
(d.
1603
)
- October 1
–
Johann Jakob Grynaeus
, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d.
1617
)
- November 12
–
Anna of Veldenz
, Margrave of Baden (d.
1586
)
- November 16
–
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
(d.
1627
)
- December 8
–
Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga
, Italian Catholic cardinal (d.
1591
)
- December 21
–
Thomas Schweicker
, German artist (d.
1602
)
- December 28
–
Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg
(d.
1610
)
- December 31
–
Silvio Antoniano
, Italian Catholic cardinal (d.
1603
)
- date unknown
- Andrea Andreani
, Italian wood engraver (d.
1623
)
- Ines de Hinojosa
, Venezuelan
hacendada
(d.
1571
)
- Francis Drake
, English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, pirate and politician (d.
1596
)
- Christopher Hatton
, English politician (d.
1591
)
- George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon
, English nobleman (d.
1604
)
- Pierre Jeannin
, French statesman (d.
1622
)
- Francois Viete
, French mathematician (d.
1603
)
- Amago Yoshihisa
, Japanese samurai and warlord (d.
1610
)
- probable
Deaths
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- c. January –
Elizabeth Blount
, mistress of
Henry VIII of England
(b.
1502
)
- January 27
–
Angela Merici
, Italian religious leader and saint (b.
1474
)
- March 30
–
Matthaus Lang von Wellenburg
, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (b.
1469
)
- April 21
–
Afonso of Portugal
, Catholic cardinal (b.
1509
)
- May 6
–
Juan Luis Vives
, Spanish scholar (b.
1492
)
- May 22
–
Francesco Guicciardini
, Italian statesman and historian (b.
1483
)
- June 16
–
Konrad von Thungen
, German noble (b. c.
1466
)
- July 22
–
John Zapolya
, King of Hungary (b. c.
1490
)
- July 28
–
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
, English statesman (executed) (b. c.
1485
)
[6]
- July 30
- August 23
–
Guillaume Bude
, French scholar (b.
1467
)
[7]
- August 24
–
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (Parmigianino)
, Italian artist (b.
1503
)
- August 28
–
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
(b.
1500
)
- September 2
–
Lebna Dengel
, Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle) (b.
1501
)
- September 16
–
Enrique de Borja y Aragon
, Spanish noble of the House of Borgia (b.
1518
)
- September 20
–
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimaraes
, son of King Manuel I of Portugal (b.
1515
)
- October 5
–
Helius Eobanus Hessus
, German Latin poet (b.
1488
)
- date unknown
–
Francisco de Ulloa
, Spanish explorer
- probable
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