1540s — en la historia
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1540
Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Waltham Abbey Church · Henry VIII of England · Dissolution of the Monasteries
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1540
Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
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1540
Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)
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1540
Barnabe Googe, poeta y traductor inglés (f. 1594)
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1540
Catherine, duquesa de Braganza (f. 1614)
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1540
Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr (d. 1581)
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1540
Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
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1540
Charles II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1590)
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1540
Lady Catherine Grey, English noblewoman (d. 1568)
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1540
The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
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1540
Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)
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1540
Maria de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1557)
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1540
Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609)
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1540
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, English aristocrat and courtier (d. 1614)
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1540
John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary (d. 1571)
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1540
Thomas Abel, English priest and martyr (b. 1497)
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1540
King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
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1540
King Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
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1540
Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer (b. 1495)
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1540
Magnus, Duke of Holstein (d. 1583)
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1540
Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1617)
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1540
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.
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1540
Won Gyun, Korean general and admiral (d. 1597)
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1540
Dawit II of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
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1540
Princess Cecilia of Sweden (d. 1627)
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1540
Konrad von Thüngen, German nobleman (b. c. 1466)
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1540
John Zápolya, Hungarian king (b. 1487)
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1540
John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)
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1540
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German cardinal (b. 1469)
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1540
Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492)
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1540
Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)
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1540
Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)
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1540
Federico II Gonzaga, duke of Mantua (b. 1500)
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1540
Angela Merici, Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)
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1540
Thomas Cromwell, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1495)
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1540
Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503)
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1540
Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)
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1540
Se funda Arequipa, Perú.
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1541
King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
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1541
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
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1541
Santiago, Chile, es destruido por guerreros indígenas liderados por Michimalonco.
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1541
Florent Chrestien, French poet and translator (d. 1596)
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1541
Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599)
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1541
Michele Mercati, Italian physician and archaeologist (d. 1593)
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1541
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
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1541
Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
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1541
Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
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1541
Hernando de Soto llega al Río Mississippi y lo nombra Río de Espíritu Santo.
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1541
Después de tres años de exilio, Juan Calvino regresa a Ginebra para reformar la iglesia bajo un cuerpo de doctrina conocido como el calvinismo.
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1541
The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
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1541
Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
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1541
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and politician, Governor of New Castile (b. c. 1471)
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1541
Francis Dereham, English courtier (b. c. 1513)
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1541
Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
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1541
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (b. 1473)
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1541
French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
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1541
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)
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1541
Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)
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1541
Andreas Karlstadt, Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486)
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1541
Paracelsus, médico, botánico y químico alemán-suizo (n. 1493)
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1541
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)
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1541
Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
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1542
Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (d. 1580)
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1542
Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
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1542
Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (d. 1605)
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1542
Richard Grenville, English captain and explorer (d. 1591)
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1542
Charles Neville, 6.º conde de Westmorland (f. 1601)
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1542
Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (d. 1576)
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1542
Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
Battle of Solway Moss · River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway · Dumfries and Galloway
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1542
Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
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1542
John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (d. 1600)
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1542
Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.
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1542
Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1602)
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1542
Thomas Allen, English mathematician and astrologer (d. 1632)
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1542
Akbar, Mughal emperor (d. 1605)
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1542
Henriette de Cleves, Duquesa de Nevers, Condesa de Rethel (f. 1601)
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1542
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England
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1542
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter · Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire
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1542
El Reino de Prome cae bajo el dominio de la Dinastía Taungoo en el actual Birmania.
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1542
Francisco de Orellana navigated the Amazon River, reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
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1542
Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-57): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
Ottoman-Portuguese conflicts (1538-59) · Battle of Wofla · Christovão da Gama
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1542
Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480)
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1542
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Spanish explorer (d. 1595)
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1542
Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
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1542
Leo Jud, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1482)
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1542
Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (b. 1496)
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1542
Lisa del Giocondo, subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (b. 1479)