1539

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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s

Years: 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 - 1539 - 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544


[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • November 1 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (died 1596)
  • December 5 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, theologian (died 1604)
  • Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, Portuguese Jewish explorer (died 1590)
  • Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1603)
  • Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (died 1568)
  • Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter (died 1610)
  • Ikeda Katsumasa, Japanese military commander (died 1578)
  • Laurence Tomson, Calvinist (died 1608)

[edit] Deaths

  • February 6 - John III, Duke of Cleves, born 3 August 1491
  • March 12 - Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, diplomat, politician, and father of Anne Boleyn (born 1477)
  • May 7 - Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism (born 1469)
  • May 7 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (born 1466)
  • July 5 - St. Anthony Maria Zaccaria, founder of the Barnabite Order (born 1502)
  • September 8 - John Stokesley, English prelate (born 1475)
  • James Beaton, Scottish church leader
  • Vannoccio Biringuccio, Italian metallurgist (born 1480)
  • Hugh Cook Faringdon, Abbot of Reading
  • George, Duke of Saxony (born 1471)
  • Symeon Iwanowicz Trubczewski, governor of Kostroma
  • Isabella d'Este, "First Lady of the Renaissance" (born 1474)