Famous Deaths for Year 1540
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Months in Year 1540: January February March May July August September October
Deaths 1 - 14 of 14
Jan 27th - Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies
Feb 2nd - George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
Mar 30th - Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)
May 6th - Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48
May 22nd - Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/pres of Romagna, dies at 57
Jul 11th - Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies
Jul 21st - John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
Jul 28th - Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
Jul 30th - Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)
Jul 30th - Thomas Abel, English priest (martyred)
Aug 23rd - Guillaume Budé, French scholar
Aug 24th - Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)
Sep 2nd - Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
Oct 4th - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German humanist/poet (Silvae), dies
