1540

Year 1540 was a  (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January - June

 * - King marries, his fourth.
 * - falls prey to the.

July - December

 * - captures, then believed to be.
 * - King divorces, his fourth.
 * - One of the most important political figures of the reign of, , is executed on order from the king on charges of . Henry marries his fifth wife, , on the same day.


 * - succeeds his father  as  of.
 * - The (Jesuits) is approved by, in his bull

Undated

 * translation of 's  (originally in ).
 * is besieged for three days by.
 * is the final to fall prey to 's.

Births

 * -, English Jesuit and Roman Catholic martyr (died )
 * -, German mathematician (died )
 * - Archduke, regent of Inner Austria (died )
 * -, English poet (died )
 * -, French Protestant scholar (died )
 * - King (died )
 * -, Swiss Protestant clergyman (died )
 * - (died )
 * date unknown
 * , Italian engraver on wood (died )
 * , English politician (died )
 * , English nobleman (died )
 * , French statesman (died )
 * , lady-in-waiting to (died )
 * (died )
 * , Polish noblewoman (died )
 * , Irish rebel (died )
 * , French mathematician (died )
 * , Japanese samurai and warlord (died )
 * probable
 * , English composer (died )
 * , Spanish military commander (died
 * , German physician and botanist (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (born )
 * -, Spanish scholar (born )
 * -, Italian statesman and historian (born )
 * -, English statesman (executed) (born c)
 * -, English priest (martyred) (born c)
 * -, English reformer (martyred) (born )
 * -, French scholar (born )
 * -, Italian artist (b. )
 * - (born )
 * -, (died in battle) (born )
 * -, German Latin poet (born )
 * date unknown
 * , mistress of (born )
 * , Italian religious leader and saint born in Desenzano del Garda (born )
 * , Spanish explorer
 * probable
 * , Portuguese explorer (born )
 * , German alchemist (born )


 * See also .