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Calendar year
October 1 :
Battle of Alborán
Year 1540 (
MDXL ) was a
leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
January–June
July–December
July 7 – Spanish conquistador
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado captures
Hawikuh in modern-day New Mexico, at this time known as part of
Cíbola , 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
Garcí 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
Peñón de Vélez 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 Alborán : A
Habsburg Spanish fleet, under the command of
Bernardino de Mendoza , destroys an Ottoman fleet commanded by Ali Hamet off
Alborán 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
Births
John Sigismund Zápolya
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
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-Wolfenbüttel (d.
1602 )
February 25 –
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton , English aristocrat and courtier (d.
1614 )
March 1 –
Enrique de Guzmán, 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 Zápolya , 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 Zweibrücken-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 )
Inés 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 )
François Viète , French mathematician (d.
1603 )
Amago Yoshihisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (d.
1610 )
probable
Deaths
Angela Merici
Thomas Cromwell
Lebna Dengel
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 –
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg , German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (b.
1469 )
April 21 –
Afonso of Portugal , Catholic cardinal (b.
1509 )
May 6 –
Juan Luís Vives , Spanish scholar (b.
1492 )
May 22 –
Francesco Guicciardini , Italian statesman and historian (b.
1483 )
June 16 –
Konrad von Thüngen , German noble (b. c.
1466 )
July 22 –
John Zápolya , 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 Budé , 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 Aragón , Spanish noble of the House of Borgia (b.
1518 )
September 20 –
Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães , 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
References