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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1540 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1540 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B5%DB%B4%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۵۴۰ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۵۴۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A6" title="১৫৪০ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৫৪০" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_n%C3%AE" title="1540 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1540 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540." title="1540. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1540." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B5%DB%B4%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۵۴۰ (میلادی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۵۴۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540%E5%B9%B4" title="1540年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1540年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540%EB%85%84" title="1540년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1540년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१५४० – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१५४०" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540." title="1540. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1540." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A6" title="মারি ১৫৪০ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৫৪০" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1540-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1540-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1540 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1540 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1540 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1540 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_(almanak_jilyen)" title="1540 (almanak jilyen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1540 (almanak jilyen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_%D0%B8" title="1540 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1540 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540._gads" title="1540. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1540. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_m." title="1540 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1540 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१५४० – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१५४०" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="इ.स. १५४० – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १५४०" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B5%DB%B4%DB%B0" title="۱۵۴۰ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۵۴۰" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1540 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1540 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%85%E1%81%84%E1%81%80" title="၁၅၄၀ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၅၄၀" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="सन् १५४० – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="सन् १५४०" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540%E5%B9%B4" title="1540年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1540年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AB%E0%AD%AA%E0%AD%A6" title="୧୫୪୦ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୫୪୦" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१५४० – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१५४०" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joohr_1540" title="Joohr 1540 – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Joohr 1540" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="1540 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1540 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१५४० – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="१५४०" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540%D8%B9" title="1540ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1540ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1540 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1540 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/1540" title="1540 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="1540" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" 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For the disc drive, see <a href="/wiki/Commodore_1540" title="Commodore 1540">Commodore 1540</a>. 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title="1550s">1550s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1560s" title="1560s">1560s</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_years" title="List of years">Years</a>: </th> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AD_1537" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1537">1537</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_1538" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1538">1538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_1539" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1539">1539</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/AD_1540" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1540">1540</a> </b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_1541" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1541">1541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_1542" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1542">1542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AD_1543" class="mw-redirect" title="AD 1543">1543</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a 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condita">Ab urbe condita</a></td><td>2293</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_calendar" title="Armenian calendar">Armenian calendar</a></td><td>989<br />ԹՎ ՋՁԹ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_calendar" title="Assyrian calendar">Assyrian calendar</a></td><td>6290</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1461–1462</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>947</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2490</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">English Regnal year</a></td><td>31 <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Hen. 8</a> – 32 <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of 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calendar</a></td><td>918–919</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a></td><td>946–947</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Japanese_calendar" title="Japanese calendar">Japanese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Tenbun" title="Tenbun">Tenbun</a> 9<br />(天文９年)</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Javanese_calendar" title="Javanese calendar">Javanese calendar</a></td><td>1458–1459</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a></td><td>1540<br /><span style="font-family: serif;"><i>MDXL</i></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Korean_calendar" title="Korean calendar">Korean calendar</a></td><td>3873</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Minguo_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Minguo calendar">Minguo calendar</a></td><td>372 before <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">ROC</a><br />民前372年</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Nanakshahi_calendar" title="Nanakshahi calendar">Nanakshahi calendar</a></td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Thai solar calendar</a></td><td>2082–2083</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a></td><td>阴土猪年<br />(female Earth-<a href="/wiki/Pig_(zodiac)" title="Pig (zodiac)">Pig</a>)<br />1666 or 1285 or 513<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />阳金鼠年<br />(male Iron-<a href="/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)" title="Rat (zodiac)">Rat</a>)<br />1667 or 1286 or 514</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kad%C4%B1rga_Minyat%C3%BCr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kad%C4%B1rga_Minyat%C3%BCr.jpg/220px-Kad%C4%B1rga_Minyat%C3%BCr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor</a>, enters <a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a> without resistance, and executes rebels, ending the <a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_Ghent_(1539%E2%80%931540)" title="Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540)">Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540)</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Waltham_Abbey_Church" title="Waltham Abbey Church">Waltham Abbey</a> is the last to be closed as part of Henry VIII of England's <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">dissolution of the monasteries</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April–June"><span id="April.E2.80.93June"></span>April–June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: April–June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_3" title="April 3">April 3</a>– <a href="/wiki/Est%C3%AAv%C3%A3o_da_Gama_(16th_century)" title="Estêvão da Gama (16th century)">Estêvão da Gama</a> becomes the new Governor of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a>– The English cathedral priories of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Cathedral" title="Rochester Cathedral">Rochester</a> are transformed into secular cathedral chapters on Easter Sunday, concluding the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a>– Printing of the first translation of the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic language</a> is completed after King <a href="/wiki/Christian_III_of_Denmark" title="Christian III of Denmark">Christian III of Denmark</a> finishes having <a href="/wiki/Oddur_Gottsk%C3%A1lksson" title="Oddur Gottskálksson">Oddur Gottskálksson</a>'s text compared to the original Latin.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – Battle of Kannauj: <a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a> defeats and deposes <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Emperor</a> Humayan, establishing the <a href="/wiki/Sur_Empire" title="Sur Empire">Sur Empire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>, Chief Minister for King Henry VIII, is arrested at meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">Privy Council of England</a> at <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a> and charged with treason. Cromwell is removed from his positions as <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Privy_Seal" title="Lord Privy Seal">Lord Privy Seal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lord_Great_Chamberlain" title="Lord Great Chamberlain">Lord Great Chamberlain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Isle_of_Wight" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Isle of Wight">Governor of the Isle of Wight</a>, and will be executed on July 28.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July–September"><span id="July.E2.80.93September"></span>July–September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: July–September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – Spanish conquistador <a href="/wiki/Francisco_V%C3%A1zquez_de_Coronado" title="Francisco Vázquez de Coronado">Francisco Vázquez de Coronado</a> captures <a href="/wiki/Hawikuh_Ruins" title="Hawikuh Ruins">Hawikuh</a> in modern-day New Mexico, at this time known as part of <a href="/wiki/Zuni-Cibola_Complex" title="Zuni-Cibola Complex">Cíbola</a>, but fails to find the legendary gold.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII of England</a>'s marriage to <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves" title="Anne of Cleves">Anne of Cleves</a>, his fourth <a href="/wiki/Queen_consort" title="Queen consort">Queen consort</a>, is <a href="/wiki/Annulled" class="mw-redirect" title="Annulled">annulled</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Routh1990_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Routh1990-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_28" title="July 28">July 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a>, is executed for <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a> on the orders of king <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII of England</a>. Henry marries his fifth wife, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Howard" title="Catherine Howard">Catherine Howard</a>, on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-Routh1990_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Routh1990-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_15" title="August 15">August 15</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, Spanish captain <a href="/wiki/Garc%C3%AD_Manuel_de_Carbajal" title="Garcí Manuel de Carbajal">Garcí Manuel de Carbajal</a> founds the Villa Hermosa de <a href="/wiki/Arequipa" title="Arequipa">Arequipa</a>; one year later, <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a> of Germany and I of Spain will give the valley a status of 'city' by royal decree.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_3" title="September 3">September 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gelawdewos" title="Gelawdewos">Gelawdewos</a> succeeds his father <a href="/wiki/Lebna_Dengel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lebna Dengel">Lebna Dengel</a> as <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor of Ethiopia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> is sacked by the fleet of <a href="/wiki/Barbary_pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbary pirate">Barbary pirate</a> Ali Hamet, a <a href="/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinian</a> <a href="/wiki/Turncoat" title="Turncoat">renegade</a> in the service of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>, and many of its leading citizens are taken as captives to <a href="/wiki/Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n_de_V%C3%A9lez_de_la_Gomera" title="Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera">Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera</a> in <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This leads to construction of the defensive <a href="/wiki/Charles_V_Wall" title="Charles V Wall">Charles V Wall</a>, at this time known as the <i>Muralla de San Benito</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Society of Jesus</a> (Jesuits) is approved by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Paul_III" title="Pope Paul III">Pope Paul III</a>, in his bull <i><a href="/wiki/Regimini_militantis_Ecclesiae" title="Regimini militantis Ecclesiae">Regimini militantis Ecclesiae</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October–December"><span id="October.E2.80.93December"></span>October–December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: October–December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Albor%C3%A1n" title="Battle of Alborán">Battle of Alborán</a>: A <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Habsburg Spanish</a> fleet, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Bernardino_de_Mendoza_(Captain_General)" title="Bernardino de Mendoza (Captain General)">Bernardino de Mendoza</a>, destroys an Ottoman fleet commanded by Ali Hamet off <a href="/wiki/Albor%C3%A1n_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Alborán Island">Alborán Island</a> in the Mediterranean.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a> – An expedition led by Spanish <a href="/wiki/Conquistador" title="Conquistador">conquistador</a> <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto" title="Hernando de Soto">Hernando de Soto</a> destroys the fortified village of <a href="/wiki/Mabila" title="Mabila">Mabila</a> in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>, killing <a href="/wiki/Paramount_chief" title="Paramount chief">paramount chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Tuskaloosa" title="Tuskaloosa">Tuskaloosa</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">November 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Whorwood" title="William Whorwood">William Whorwood</a> becomes the new <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a>, succeeding Sir John Baker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_I,_Lord_of_Monaco" title="Honoré I, Lord of Monaco">Honoré I, Lord of Monaco</a> reaches the age of 19 and after the future principality of <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a> had been administered by regents for more than 18 years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_20" title="December 20">December 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_V_of_Moldavia" title="Stephen V of Moldavia">Stephen V</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Moldavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Moldavia">Prince of Moldavia</a>, is assassinated by two of the Moldavian nobles (<a href="/wiki/Boyar" title="Boyar">boyars</a>), Mihul and Trotsanul, after word arrives that he will be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Petru_IV_Rare%C5%9F" class="mw-redirect" title="Petru IV Rareş">Petru IV Rareş</a>, who had paid a bribe to the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman in order to be appointed the new Prince. <a href="/wiki/Alexandru_Cornea" title="Alexandru Cornea">Alexandru Cornea</a> is crowned temporarily as Prince Alexandru III.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Est%C3%AAv%C3%A3o_da_Gama_(16th_century)" title="Estêvão da Gama (16th century)">Estêvão da Gama</a>, Governor of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a>, departs from <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> with a plan to sail into the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>, and destroy the Ottoman Empire's access to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a> by plundering <a href="/wiki/Suez" title="Suez">Suez</a>. The planned attack fails.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Europe is hit by <a href="/wiki/1540_European_drought" title="1540 European drought">a heat wave and drought</a> lasting for about seven months. Rivers such as the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seine" title="Seine">Seine</a> dry up, and many people die from <a href="/wiki/Dysentery" title="Dysentery">dysentery</a> and other illnesses, caused by lack of safe drinking water.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Joachim_Rheticus" title="Georg Joachim Rheticus">Georg Joachim Rheticus</a> publishes <i><a href="/wiki/Narratio_Prima" title="Narratio Prima">De libris revolutionum Copernici narratio prima</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Danzig" class="mw-redirect" title="Danzig">Danzig</a>, an abstract of <a href="/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus" title="Nicolaus Copernicus">Copernicus</a>' as yet unpublished <i><a href="/wiki/De_revolutionibus_orbium_coelestium" title="De revolutionibus orbium coelestium">De revolutionibus orbium coelestium</a></i>, and the first printed publication of <a href="/wiki/Copernican_heliocentrism" title="Copernican heliocentrism">Copernican heliocentrism</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Martin Luther</a> expels theologian <a href="/wiki/Caspar_Schwenckfeld" title="Caspar Schwenckfeld">Caspar Schwenckfeld</a> from <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a>.</li> <li><i>approximate date</i> – The <a href="/wiki/Musket" title="Musket">musket</a> is introduced into <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg/110px-Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg/165px-Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg/220px-Jan_Zygmunt_Zapolya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1308" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Sigismund_Z%C3%A1polya" title="John Sigismund Zápolya">John Sigismund Zápolya</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Unknown_woman,_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Unknown_woman%2C_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg/110px-Unknown_woman%2C_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Unknown_woman%2C_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg/165px-Unknown_woman%2C_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Unknown_woman%2C_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg/220px-Unknown_woman%2C_formerly_called_Cecilia_of_Sweden_-_Nationalmuseum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="528" data-file-height="676" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Princess_Cecilia_of_Sweden" title="Princess Cecilia of Sweden">Princess Cecilia of Sweden</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Catarina_of_Portugal,_Duchess_of_Braganza" title="Catarina of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza">Catarina of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza</a>, claimant to the Portuguese throne in <a href="/wiki/1580" title="1580">1580</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1614" title="1614">1614</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Campion" title="Edmund Campion">Edmund Campion</a>, English Jesuit and Roman Catholic martyr (d. <a href="/wiki/1581" title="1581">1581</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludolph_van_Ceulen" title="Ludolph van Ceulen">Ludolph van Ceulen</a>, German mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/1610" title="1610">1610</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Won_Gyun" title="Won Gyun">Won Gyun</a>, Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (d. <a href="/wiki/1597" title="1597">1597</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hedwig_of_Brandenburg,_Duchess_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel">Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1602" title="1602">1602</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_25" title="February 25">February 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Howard,_1st_Earl_of_Northampton" title="Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton">Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton</a>, English aristocrat and courtier (d. <a href="/wiki/1614" title="1614">1614</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Enrique_de_Guzm%C3%A1n,_2nd_Count_of_Olivares" title="Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares">Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares</a>, Spanish noble (d. <a href="/wiki/1607" title="1607">1607</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_VII,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Zerbst" title="Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst">Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst</a>, German prince of the House of Ascania (d. <a href="/wiki/1570" title="1570">1570</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_3" title="April 3">April 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_de%27_Medici_(1540%E2%80%931557)" title="Maria de' Medici (1540–1557)">Maria de' Medici</a>, Italian noble (d. <a href="/wiki/1557" title="1557">1557</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hidenaga" title="Toyotomi Hidenaga">Toyotomi Hidenaga</a>, Japanese warlord (d. <a href="/wiki/1591" title="1591">1591</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maharana_Pratap" title="Maharana Pratap">Maharana Pratap</a>, Indian warrior king (d. <a href="/wiki/1597" title="1597">1597</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paolo_Paruta" title="Paolo Paruta">Paolo Paruta</a>, Italian historian (d. <a href="/wiki/1598" title="1598">1598</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholom%C3%A4us_Scultetus" title="Bartholomäus Scultetus">Bartholomäus Scultetus</a>, German mayor of <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6rlitz" title="Görlitz">Görlitz</a>, astronomer (d. <a href="/wiki/1614" title="1614">1614</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/James,_Duke_of_Rothesay_(born_1540)" title="James, Duke of Rothesay (born 1540)">James, Duke of Rothesay</a>, Scottish prince (d. <a href="/wiki/1541" title="1541">1541</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_31" title="May 31">May 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Cheyne,_1st_Baron_Cheyne" title="Henry Cheyne, 1st Baron Cheyne">Henry Cheyne, 1st Baron Cheyne</a>, English politician and baron (d. <a href="/wiki/1587" title="1587">1587</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_3" title="June 3">June 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_II,_Archduke_of_Austria" title="Charles II, Archduke of Austria">Charles II, Archduke of Austria</a>, regent of Inner Austria (d. <a href="/wiki/1590" title="1590">1590</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Shima_Sakon" title="Shima Sakon">Shima Sakon</a>, Japanese samurai (d. <a href="/wiki/1600" title="1600">1600</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barnabe_Googe" title="Barnabe Googe">Barnabe Googe</a>, English poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1594" title="1594">1594</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ana_de_Mendoza,_Princess_of_Eboli" class="mw-redirect" title="Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli">Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli</a>, Spanish countess (d. <a href="/wiki/1592" title="1592">1592</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Countess_Palatine_Elisabeth_of_Simmern-Sponheim" title="Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim">Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim</a>, Duchess of Saxony (d. <a href="/wiki/1594" title="1594">1594</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Sigismund_Z%C3%A1polya" title="John Sigismund Zápolya">John Sigismund Zápolya</a>, King of Hungary (d. <a href="/wiki/1571" title="1571">1571</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_11" title="July 11">July 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adolf_of_Nassau_(1540%E2%80%931568)" title="Adolf of Nassau (1540–1568)">Adolf of Nassau</a>, Count of Nassau, Dutch soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1568" title="1568">1568</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_16" title="July 16">July 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_Carafa" title="Alfonso Carafa">Alfonso Carafa</a>, Italian cardinal (d. <a href="/wiki/1565" title="1565">1565</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_19" title="July 19">July 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludowika_Margaretha_of_Zweibr%C3%BCcken-Bitsch" title="Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch">Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch</a>, spouse of Count Philip V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. <a href="/wiki/1569" title="1569">1569</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_4" title="August 4">August 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sisto_Fabri" title="Sisto Fabri">Sisto Fabri</a>, Italian theologian (d. <a href="/wiki/1594" title="1594">1594</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_5" title="August 5">August 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Justus_Scaliger" title="Joseph Justus Scaliger">Joseph Justus Scaliger</a>, French Protestant scholar (d. <a href="/wiki/1609" title="1609">1609</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Catherine_Grey" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady Catherine Grey">Lady Catherine Grey</a>, English noblewoman, potential successor to the throne (d. <a href="/wiki/1568" title="1568">1568</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Magnus,_Duke_of_Holstein" title="Magnus, Duke of Holstein">Magnus, Duke of Holstein</a>, Prince of Denmark (d. <a href="/wiki/1583" title="1583">1583</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_VII,_Count_of_Oldenburg" title="John VII, Count of Oldenburg">John VII, Count of Oldenburg</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1603" title="1603">1603</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Grynaeus" title="Johann Jakob Grynaeus">Johann Jakob Grynaeus</a>, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. <a href="/wiki/1617" title="1617">1617</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anna_of_Veldenz" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna of Veldenz">Anna of Veldenz</a>, Margrave of Baden (d. <a href="/wiki/1586" title="1586">1586</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Princess_Cecilia_of_Sweden" title="Princess Cecilia of Sweden">Princess Cecilia of Sweden</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1627" title="1627">1627</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Vincenzo_Gonzaga" title="Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga">Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga</a>, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/wiki/1591" title="1591">1591</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Schweicker" title="Thomas Schweicker">Thomas Schweicker</a>, German artist (d. <a href="/wiki/1602" title="1602">1602</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_I,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg" title="Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg">Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1610" title="1610">1610</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Antoniano" title="Silvio Antoniano">Silvio Antoniano</a>, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. <a href="/wiki/1603" title="1603">1603</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Andreani" title="Andrea Andreani">Andrea Andreani</a>, Italian wood engraver (d. <a href="/wiki/1623" title="1623">1623</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/In%C3%A9s_de_Hinojosa" title="Inés de Hinojosa">Inés de Hinojosa</a>, Venezuelan <a href="/wiki/Hacendada" class="mw-redirect" title="Hacendada">hacendada</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1571" title="1571">1571</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Francis Drake</a>, English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, pirate and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1596" title="1596">1596</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hatton" title="Christopher Hatton">Christopher Hatton</a>, English politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1591" title="1591">1591</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hastings,_4th_Earl_of_Huntingdon" title="George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon">George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon</a>, English nobleman (d. <a href="/wiki/1604" title="1604">1604</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Jeannin" title="Pierre Jeannin">Pierre Jeannin</a>, French statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1622" title="1622">1622</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Vi%C3%A8te" title="François Viète">François Viète</a>, French mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/1603" title="1603">1603</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amago_Yoshihisa" title="Amago Yoshihisa">Amago Yoshihisa</a>, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. <a href="/wiki/1610" title="1610">1610</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><i>probable</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Byrd" title="William Byrd">William Byrd</a>, English composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1623" title="1623">1623</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernardino_de_Mendoza" title="Bernardino de Mendoza">Bernardino de Mendoza</a>, Spanish military commander (d. <a href="/wiki/1604" title="1604">1604</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paschal_Baylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Paschal Baylon">Paschal Baylon</a>, Spanish friar (d. <a href="/wiki/1592" title="1592">1592</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg/110px-Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg/165px-Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg/220px-Saint_Angela_Merici.jpg 2x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Angela_Merici" title="Angela Merici">Angela Merici</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cromwell,Thomas(1EEssex)01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cromwell%2CThomas%281EEssex%2901.jpg/110px-Cromwell%2CThomas%281EEssex%2901.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cromwell%2CThomas%281EEssex%2901.jpg/165px-Cromwell%2CThomas%281EEssex%2901.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Cromwell%2CThomas%281EEssex%2901.jpg/220px-Cromwell%2CThomas%281EEssex%2901.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2768" data-file-height="3312" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Thomas Cromwell</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg/110px-Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg/165px-Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg/220px-Arolsen_Klebeband_01_463_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="735" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dawit_II" title="Dawit II">Lebna Dengel</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li>c. January – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Blount" title="Elizabeth Blount">Elizabeth Blount</a>, mistress of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII of England</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1502" title="1502">1502</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merici" title="Angela Merici">Angela Merici</a>, Italian religious leader and saint (b. <a href="/wiki/1474" title="1474">1474</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Matth%C3%A4us_Lang_von_Wellenburg" title="Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg">Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg</a>, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (b. <a href="/wiki/1469" title="1469">1469</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Afonso_of_Portugal,_Cardinal" class="mw-redirect" title="Afonso of Portugal, Cardinal">Afonso of Portugal</a>, Catholic cardinal (b. <a href="/wiki/1509" title="1509">1509</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Lu%C3%ADs_Vives" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan Luís Vives">Juan Luís Vives</a>, Spanish scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1492" title="1492">1492</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Guicciardini" title="Francesco Guicciardini">Francesco Guicciardini</a>, Italian statesman and historian (b. <a href="/wiki/1483" title="1483">1483</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Konrad_von_Th%C3%BCngen" title="Konrad von Thüngen">Konrad von Thüngen</a>, German noble (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1466" title="1466">1466</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Z%C3%A1polya" title="John Zápolya">John Zápolya</a>, King of Hungary (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1490" title="1490">1490</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_28" title="July 28">July 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell,_1st_Earl_of_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex">Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex</a>, English statesman (executed) (b. c.<a href="/wiki/1485" title="1485">1485</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Abel_(martyr)" title="Thomas Abel (martyr)">Thomas Abel</a>, English priest (martyred) (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1497" title="1497">1497</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Barnes_(martyr)" title="Robert Barnes (martyr)">Robert Barnes</a>, English reformer (martyred) (b. <a href="/wiki/1495" title="1495">1495</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg" title="Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg">Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg</a>, Prince of Calenberg (1491–1540) (b. <a href="/wiki/1470" title="1470">1470</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Bud%C3%A9" title="Guillaume Budé">Guillaume Budé</a>, French scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1467" title="1467">1467</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Parmigianino" title="Parmigianino">Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (Parmigianino)</a>, Italian artist (b. <a href="/wiki/1503" title="1503">1503</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_28" title="August 28">August 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Federico_II_Gonzaga,_Duke_of_Mantua" title="Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua">Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1500" title="1500">1500</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dawit_II" title="Dawit II">Lebna Dengel</a>, Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle) (b. <a href="/wiki/1501" title="1501">1501</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Enrique_de_Borja_y_Arag%C3%B3n" title="Enrique de Borja y Aragón">Enrique de Borja y Aragón</a>, Spanish noble of the House of Borgia (b. <a href="/wiki/1518" title="1518">1518</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Infante_Edward,_4th_Duke_of_Guimar%C3%A3es" class="mw-redirect" title="Infante Edward, 4th Duke of Guimarães">Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães</a>, son of King Manuel I of Portugal (b. <a href="/wiki/1515" title="1515">1515</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Helius_Eobanus_Hessus" title="Helius Eobanus Hessus">Helius Eobanus Hessus</a>, German Latin poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1488" title="1488">1488</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_de_Ulloa" title="Francisco de Ulloa">Francisco de Ulloa</a>, Spanish explorer</li> <li><i>probable</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trist%C3%A3o_da_Cunha" title="Tristão da Cunha">Tristão da Cunha</a>, Portuguese explorer (b. <a href="/wiki/1460" title="1460">1460</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Faust" title="Johann Georg Faust">Johann Georg Faust</a>, German alchemist (b. <a href="/wiki/1480" title="1480">1480</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1540&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Warnicke; Warnicke, Retha Marvine Warnicke (April 13, 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P1PrjR79wzgC"><i>The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Early Modern England</i></a>. 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