1530 ( MDXXX ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar , the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium , the 30th year of the 16th century , and the 1st year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1530, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births [ change | change source ]

• Filippo Azzaiolo (d. 1569 ), Italian composer

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• 29 November ? Thomas Wolsey (born between 1471 and 1476 ), English statesman and archbishop