The 1540s decade ran from 1 January 1540, to 31 December 1549.
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July– September
July 7 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado captures Hawikuh in modern-day New Mexico, at this time known as part of Cíbola , but fails to find the legendary gold.
July 9 – King Henry VIII of England 's marriage to Anne of Cleves , his fourth Queen consort , is annulled .[4]
July 28 – Thomas Cromwell , is executed for treason on the orders of king Henry VIII of England . Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard , on the same day.[4]
August 15 – In Peru , Spanish captain Garcí Manuel de Carbajal founds the Villa Hermosa de Arequipa ; one year later, Charles V of Germany and I of Spain will give the valley a status of 'city' by royal decree.
September 3 – Gelawdewos succeeds his father Lebna Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia .
September 10 – Gibraltar is sacked by the fleet of Barbary pirate Ali Hamet, a Sardinian renegade in the service of the Ottoman Empire , and many of its leading citizens are taken as captives to Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera in Morocco .[5] [6] This leads to construction of the defensive Charles V Wall , at this time known as the Muralla de San Benito .
September 27 – The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is approved by Pope Paul III , in his bull Regimini militantis Ecclesiae .
October– December
October 1 – Battle of Alborán : A Habsburg Spanish fleet, under the command of Bernardino de Mendoza , destroys an Ottoman fleet commanded by Ali Hamet off Alborán Island in the Mediterranean.
October 18 – An expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto destroys the fortified village of Mabila in modern-day Alabama , killing paramount chief Tuskaloosa .
November 8 – William Whorwood becomes the new Attorney General for England and Wales , succeeding Sir John Baker
December 16 – Honoré I, Lord of Monaco reaches the age of 19 and after the future principality of Monaco had been administered by regents for more than 18 years.
December 20 – Stephen V , Prince of Moldavia , is assassinated by two of the Moldavian nobles (boyars ), Mihul and Trotsanul, after word arrives that he will be replaced by Petru IV Rareş , who had paid a bribe to the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman in order to be appointed the new Prince. Alexandru Cornea is crowned temporarily as Prince Alexandru III.[7]
December 31 – Estêvão da Gama , Governor of Portuguese India , departs from Goa with a plan to sail into the Red Sea , and destroy the Ottoman Empire's access to the Indian Ocean by plundering Suez . The planned attack fails.
1540
John Sigismund Zápolya
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
January 18 – Catarina of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza , claimant to the Portuguese throne in 1580 (d. 1614 )
January 25 – Edmund Campion , English Jesuit and Roman Catholic martyr (d. 1581 )[247]
January 28 – Ludolph van Ceulen , German mathematician (d. 1610 )
February 12 – Won Gyun , Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (d. 1597 )
February 23 – Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1602 )
February 25 – Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton , English aristocrat and courtier (d. 1614 )
March 1 – Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares , Spanish noble (d. 1607 )
March 17 – Bernhard VII, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , German prince of the House of Ascania (d. 1570 )
April 3 – Maria de' Medici , Italian noble (d. 1557 )
April 8 – Toyotomi Hidenaga , Japanese warlord (d. 1591 )
May 9 – Maharana Pratap , Indian warrior king (d. 1597 )
May 14
May 22 – James, Duke of Rothesay , Scottish prince (d. 1541 )
May 31 – Henry Cheyne, 1st Baron Cheyne , English politician and baron (d. 1587 )
June 3 – Charles II, Archduke of Austria , regent of Inner Austria (d. 1590 )
June 9 – Shima Sakon , Japanese samurai (d. 1600 )
June 11 – Barnabe Googe , English poet (d. 1594 )
June 29 – Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli , Spanish countess (d. 1592 )
June 30 – Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim , Duchess of Saxony (d. 1594 )
July 7 – John Sigismund Zápolya , King of Hungary (d. 1571 )
July 11 – Adolf of Nassau , Count of Nassau, Dutch soldier (d. 1568 )
July 16 – Alfonso Carafa , Italian cardinal (d. 1565 )
July 19 – Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch , spouse of Count Philip V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1569 )
August 4 – Sisto Fabri , Italian theologian (d. 1594 )
August 5 – Joseph Justus Scaliger , French Protestant scholar (d. 1609 )
August 25 – Lady Catherine Grey , English noblewoman, potential successor to the throne (d. 1568 )
September 5 – Magnus, Duke of Holstein , Prince of Denmark (d. 1583 )
September 9 – John VII, Count of Oldenburg (d. 1603 )
October 1 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus , Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1617 )
November 12 – Anna of Veldenz , Margrave of Baden (d. 1586 )
November 16 – Princess Cecilia of Sweden (d. 1627 )
December 8 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1591 )
December 21 – Thomas Schweicker , German artist (d. 1602 )
December 28 – Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1610 )
December 31 – Silvio Antoniano , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1603 )
date unknown
Andrea Andreani , Italian wood engraver (d. 1623 )
Inés de Hinojosa , Venezuelan hacendada (d. 1571 )
Francis Drake , English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, pirate and politician (d. 1596 )
Christopher Hatton , English politician (d. 1591 )
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon , English nobleman (d. 1604 )
Pierre Jeannin , French statesman (d. 1622 )
François Viète , French mathematician (d. 1603 )
Amago Yoshihisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1610 )
probable
1541
January 24 – Magdalena Moons , Dutch woman associated with the 1574 Siege of Leiden (d. 1613 )[248]
January 26 – Florent Chrestien , French writer (d. 1596 )[249]
February 21 – Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599 )[250]
March 25 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587 )[251]
April 8 – Michele Mercati , Italian physician and gardener (d. 1593 )[252]
April 12 – Ipatii Potii , Metropolitan of Kiev (d. 1613 )[253]
September 7
September 5 – Roberto de' Nobili , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1559 [256]
September 21 – Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg , Countess consort of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1616 )[257]
November 9 – Menso Alting , Dutch preacher and reformer (d. 1612 )[258]
November 25 – Michele Bonelli , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1598 )[259]
February 12 – Johann Bauhin , Swiss botanist (d. 1613 )[260]
date unknown
1542
Isabella de' Medici
Henriette of Cleves
February 1 – John Scudamore , English politician (d. 1623 )[266]
February 22 – Santino Garsi da Parma , Italian musician (d. 1604 )[267]
March 19 – Jan Zamoyski , Polish nobleman (d. 1605 )[268]
April 29 – Henry III, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels (d. 1587 )[269]
May 5 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter , English politician (d. 1623 )[270]
May 11 – Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee , Swiss Catholic bishop (d. 1608 )[271]
May 16 – Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg , German noblewoman, daughter of Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1580 )[272]
June 15 – Richard Grenville , English politician (d. 1591 )[273]
June 24 – John of the Cross , Spanish Carmelite mystic, theologian, poet (d. 1591 )[274]
July 25 – Magnus, Duke of Östergötland , Swedish prince (d. 1595 )[275]
Between August 18 and August 28 – Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (d. 1601 )[276]
August 27 – John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (d. 1600 )[277]
August 31 – Isabella de' Medici , Italian princess (d. 1576 )[278]
September 25 – Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg , sister of William the Silent (d. 1603 )[279]
October 1 – Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira , Spanish explorer (d. 1595 )
October 4 – Robert Bellarmine , Italian saint (d. 1621 )[280]
October 14 – Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1602 )[281]
October 15 – Akbar , Mughal Emperor (d. 1605 )[282]
October 31 – Henriette of Cleves , Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (d. 1601 )[283]
November 1 – Tarquinia Molza , Italian singer (d. 1617 )[284]
November 9 – Anders Sørensen Vedel , Danish historian (d. 1616 )[285]
November 11 – Scipione Gonzaga , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1593 )[286]
December 8 – Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587 )[287]
December 21 – Thomas Allen , English mathematician and astrologer, some suggest 1540 (d. 1632 )[288]
date unknown
1543
Tokugawa Ieyasu
January 18 (baptized) – Alfonso Ferrabosco , Italian composer (d. 1588 )
January 31 – Tokugawa Ieyasu , Japanese shōgun (d. 1616 )
February 4 – Johannes Heurnius , Dutch physician (d. 1601 )
February 4 – Giovanni Francesco Fara , Italian writer (d. 1591 )
February 16 – Kanō Eitoku , Japanese painter (d. 1590 )[293]
February 18 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608 )
February 25 – Sharaf Khan Bidlisi , Emir of Bitlis (d. 1603 )
March 7 – John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern , German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (d. 1592 )
April 1 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières , Constable of France (d. 1626 )
April 11 – George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (d. 1592 )
May 2 – Jan Moretus , Belgian printer (d. 1610 )
June 8 – Petrus Albinus , German historian, local history researcher and poet (d. 1598 )
June 29 – Christine of Hesse , duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (1465-1486) (d. 1604 )
July 20 – Nils Svantesson Sture , Swedish diplomat (d. 1567 )
August 3 – Nicasius de Sille , Dutch diplomat (d. 1600 )
August 21 – Giovanni Bembo , Doge of Venice (d. 1618 )
September 14 – Claudio Acquaviva , Italian Jesuit (d. 1615 )
October 21 – Michael Hicks , English politician (d. 1612 )
November 2 – Kasper Franck , German theologian (d. 1584 )
November 8 – Lettice Knollys , English noblewoman (d. 1634 )[294]
December 3 – Alessandro Riario , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1585 )
December 29 – Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg , daughter of William I (d. 1624 )
date unknown
probable
1544
Dorothea Susanne of Simmern
Anna of Saxony
January 19 – King Francis II of France (d. 1560 )[295]
January 24 – Gillis van Coninxloo , Flemish painter (d. 1607 )[296] [297]
February 3 – César de Bus , French Catholic priest (d. 1607 )[298]
March 11 – Torquato Tasso , Italian poet (d. 1595 )[299]
April – Thomas Fleming , English judge (d. 1613 )[300]
April 20 – Renata of Lorraine , duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602 )[301]
May 24 – William Gilbert , English scientist and astronomer (d. 1603 )[302]
July 14 – Henry Compton, 1st Baron Compton , English politician (d. 1589 )[303]
August 9 – Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1606 )[304]
September 1 – John Gordon , Scottish bishop (d. 1619 )[305]
September 28 or September 29 – Giovanni de' Medici , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1562 )[306]
November 1 – Hasan Kafi Pruščak , Bosnian scholar and judge (d. 1615 )[307]
November 15 – Dorothea Susanne of Simmern , Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1592 )[308]
December 23 – Anna of Saxony , only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1577 )[309]
date unknown
probable
1545
Elisabeth of Valois
Anna Maria of Sweden
January 1 – Magnus Heinason , Faroese naval hero (d. 1589 )
January 11 – Guidobaldo del Monte , Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (d. 1607 )
March – Gaspare Tagliacozzi , Italian surgeon and anatomist (d. 1599 )
March 2 – Thomas Bodley , English diplomat and scholar, founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford (d. 1613 )
March 18 – Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , German bishop (d. 1617 )
March 25 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg (d. 1622 )
April 1 – Peder Claussøn Friis , Norwegian clergyman and author (d. 1614 )
April 2 – Elisabeth of Valois , queen of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568 )[314]
April 15 – Karl II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels , Duke of Oels (1565–1617), Duke of Bernstadt (1604–1617) (d. 1617 )
April 24 – Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton , English earl (d. 1581 )
April 28 – Yi Sun-sin , Korean naval commander (d. 1598 )
May 1 – Franciscus Junius , French theologian (d. 1602 )
May 22 – Karl Christoph, Duke of Münsterberg (d. 1569 )
June 6 – Jerome Gratian , Spanish Carmelite and writer (d. 1614 )
June 13 – Naitō Nobunari , Japanese samurai and daimyō of Omi Province (d. 1612 )
June 19 – Princess Anna Maria of Sweden , Swedish royal (d. 1610 )
July 8 – Don Carlos of Spain , son of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568 )
August 1 – Andrew Melville , Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622 )
August 27 – Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1592 )
September 7 – Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern , First Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (d. 1605 )
September 20 – Yamanaka Yukimori , Japanese samurai (d. 1578 )
October 15 – Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst , Abbess of Gernrode and Frose, later Countess of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1574 )
October 19 – John Juvenal Ancina , Italian oratorian and bishop (d. 1604 )
November 20 – Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1592 )
November 25 – Ana de Jesús , Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and spiritual writer (d. 1621 )
December 6 – Janus Dousa , Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604 )
December 7 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley , consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567 )[315]
date unknown
probable – Nicholas Breton , English poet and novelist (d. 1626 )
1546
Tycho Brahe
January 27 – Joachim Friedrich , Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608 )
February 1 – Mogami Yoshiaki , Japanese daimyō of the Yamagata domain (d. 1614 )
February 4 – Jakob Monau , Polish writer and linguist (d. 1603 )
February 14 – Johann Pistorius , German historian (d. 1608 )
March 16 – Francesco Barbaro , Italian diplomat (d. 1616 )
March 21 – Bartholomeus Spranger , Flemish painter (d. 1611 )
March 25 – Giacomo Castelvetro , Italian writer (d. 1616 )
March 27 – Johannes Piscator , German theologian (d. 1625 )
March 29 – Anne d'Escars de Givry , French Catholic cardinal (d. 1612 )
April 1 – Nanbu Nobunao , Japanese daimyō (d. 1599 )
April 20 – Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas , Spanish Catholic cardinal (d. 1618 )
June 13 – Tobias Matthew , English Archbishop of York (d. 1628 )
June 14 – Wolfgang, Count of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim , German count (d. 1610 )
June 24 – Robert Parsons , English Jesuit priest (d. 1610 )
June 29 – Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1561-1592) (d. 1617 )
July 4 – Murat III , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595 )[316]
August 10 – Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg , Dutch prince (d. 1588 )
August 13 – Jan Opaliński , Polish nobleman and Castellan of Rogozin (d. 1598 )
August 31 – Daniel Adam z Veleslavína , Czech lexicographer (d. 1599 )
September 6 – Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, 5th Marquis of Villafranca , Spanish noble and politician (d. 1627 )
September 11 – Arild Huitfeldt , Danish historian (d. 1609 )
September 13 – Isabella Bendidio , Italian singer and noble in Renaissance court of Ferrara (d. 1610 )
October 5 – Rudolph Snellius , Dutch linguist and mathematician (d. 1613 )
November 11 – Richard Madox , English explorer (d. 1583 )
December 14 – Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer (d. 1601 )[317]
date unknown
probable – Lodewijk Elzevir , Dutch printer (d. 1617 )
1547
Duchess Hedwig of Württemberg
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Miguel de Cervantes
Princess Sophia of Sweden
Claude of Valois
January 15 – Duchess Hedwig of Württemberg , by marriage countess of Hesse-Marburg (d. 1590 )[320]
January 20 – Laurence Bruce , Scottish politician (d. 1617 )
January 24 – Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany , Austrian Archduchess (d. 1578 )[321]
February 8 – Girolamo Mattei , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1603 )[322]
February 18 – Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī , Syrian Arab co-founder of the Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (d. 1621 )[323] [324]
February 24 – Don John of Austria , military leader (d. 1578 )[325]
March 1 – Rudolph Goclenius , German philosopher (d. 1628 )[326]
March 26 – Bernardino Bertolotti , Italian instrumentalist and composer (d. 1609 )[327]
April 8 – Lucrezia Bendidio , noblewoman and singer in Renaissance Ferrara (d. 1584 )[328]
May 15 – Magnus Pegel , German mathematician (d. 1619 )
May 19 – Gustaf Banér , Swedish nobleman and member of the Privy Council of Sweden (d. 1600 )[329] [330]
June 28 – Cristofano Malvezzi , Italian organist and composer (d. 1599 )[331]
July 5 – Garzia de' Medici , Italian noble (d. 1562 )[332]
August 10 – Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1619 )[333]
September 10 – George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1596 )[334]
September 14 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt , Dutch statesman (d. 1619 )[335]
September 20 – Faizi , Indo-Persian poet and scholar (d. 1595 )
September 22 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin , German philologist and poet (d. 1590 )[336]
September 29 – Miguel de Cervantes , Spanish fiction writer (d. 1616 )[337]
October 2 – Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1569–1614) and Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1604–1614) (d. 1614 )[338]
October 18 – Justus Lipsius , Flemish humanist (d. 1606 )[339]
October 29 – Princess Sophia of Sweden , Swedish princess (d. 1611 )[340]
November 7 – Rudolf Hospinian , Swiss writer (d. 1626 )[341]
November 10
November 12 – Claude of Valois , daughter of King Henry II of France (d. 1575 )[344]
November 26 – Nicolaus Taurellus , German philosopher and theologian (d. 1606 )[345]
December 5 – Ubbo Emmius , Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625 )[346]
December 15 – Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg , German noblewoman (d. 1633 )[347]
date unknown
1548
Francisco Suarez
William V, Duke of Bavaria
January 5 – Francisco Suárez , Spanish priest, philosopher, theologian and saint (d. 1617 )[357]
February 6 – Francesco Panigarola , Italian bishop (d. 1594 )[358]
March 13 – Sasbout Vosmeer , Dutch Apostolic Vicar (d. 1614 )[359]
March 17 – Honda Tadakatsu , Japanese general (d. 1610 )
March 18 – Cornelis Ketel , Dutch painter (d. 1616 )[360]
April 15 – Pietro Cataldi , Italian mathematician (d. 1626 )[361]
May – Carel van Mander , Dutch painter and poet (d. 1606 )[362]
May 8 – Giacomo Boncompagni , illegitimate son of Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1612 )[363]
May 10 – Antonio Priuli , Doge of Venice (d. 1623 )[364] [365]
July 8 – Kim Jang-saeng , Korean scholar and writer (d. 1631 )[366]
July 15 – George III, Count of Erbach-Breuberg (1564–1605) (d. 1605 )[367]
August 26 – Bernardino Poccetti , Italian painter (d. 1612 )[368]
September 2 – Vincenzo Scamozzi , Italian architect (d. 1616 )[369]
September 7 – Filippo Boncompagni , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1586 )[370]
September 29 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626 )[371]
October 4 – Matsumae Yoshihiro , Japanese daimyō of Ezochi (Hokkaidō) (d. 1616 )
November 27 – Jacopo Mazzoni , Italian philosopher (d. 1598 )[372]
December 30 – David Pareus , German theologian (d. 1622 )[373]
approx. date – Ma Shouzhen , Chinese Gējì , painter, playwright and poet (d. 1604 )[374]
date unknown
Giordano Bruno , Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (d. 1600 )[375]
Oda Nagamasu , Japanese nobleman (d. 1622 )
Luis Barahona de Soto , Spanish poet (d. 1595 )[376]
William Stanley , English soldier (d. 1630 )[377]
Saitō Tatsuoki , Japanese daimyō (d. 1573 )[378]
Sidonia von Borcke , German noble and alleged witch (d. 1620 )[379]
Tomás Luis de Victoria , Spanish composer (d. 1611 )[380]
Fernando Ruiz de Castro Andrade y Portugal , Grandee of Spain (d. 1601 )[381]
probable
1549
Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville
Duchess Sabine of Württemberg
Anne of Austria, Queen of Spain
January 26 – Jakob Ebert , German theologian (d. 1614 )
January 26 – Francesco Bassano the Younger , Italian painter (d. 1592 )
February 3 – Louis of Valois , French prince (d. 1550 )
February 4 – Eustache Du Caurroy , French composer (d. 1609 )
February 15 – Barnim X, Duke of Pomerania (1569–1603) (d. 1603 )
February 20 – Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino , last Duke of Urbino (d. 1631 )
March 10 – Francis Solanus , Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1610 )
March 11 – Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel , Dutch writer (d. 1612 )
April 5 – Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville , French princess (d. 1601 )
April 13 – Count Juraj IV Zrinski of Croatia (d. 1603 )
June 15 – Elizabeth Knollys , English noblewoman (d. 1605 )
July 2 – Duchess Sabine of Württemberg , by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1581 )
July 5 – Francesco Maria del Monte , Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1627 )
July 12 – Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (d. 1587 )
July 20 – Pierre de Larivey , Italian-born French dramatist (d. 1619 )
July 30 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609 )
August 2 – Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł , Polish nobleman (d. 1616 )
August 10 – Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin , daughter of Margrave John of Küstrin (d. 1602 )
September 1 – Charles Philippe de Croÿ, Marquis d’Havré , Belgian noble and politician (d. 1613 )
November 2 – Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580 )
November 5 – Philippe de Mornay , French writer (d. 1623 )
November 30 – Sir Henry Savile , English educator (d. 1622 )
December 9 – Costanzo Antegnati , Italian composer, organist (d. 1624 )
December 20 – John Petre, 1st Baron Petre , English politician and baron (d. 1613 )
December 24 – Kaspar Ulenberg , German theologian (d. 1617 )[386]
date unknown
1540
Angela Merici
Thomas Cromwell
Lebna Dengel
c. January – Elizabeth Blount , mistress of Henry VIII of England (b. 1502 )
January 27 – Angela Merici , Italian religious leader and saint (b. 1474 )
March 30 – Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg , German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469 )
April 21 – Afonso of Portugal , Catholic cardinal (b. 1509 )
May 6 – Juan Luís Vives , Spanish scholar (b. 1492 )
May 22 – Francesco Guicciardini , Italian statesman and historian (b. 1483 )
June 16 – Konrad von Thüngen , German noble (b. c. 1466 )
July 22 – John Zápolya , King of Hungary (b. c. 1490 )
July 28 – Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex , English statesman (executed) (b. c.1485 )[387]
July 30
August 23 – Guillaume Budé , French scholar (b. 1467 )[388]
August 24 – Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (Parmigianino) , Italian artist (b. 1503 )
August 28 – Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (b. 1500 )
September 2 – Lebna Dengel , Emperor of Ethiopia (in battle) (b. 1501 )
September 16 – Enrique de Borja y Aragón , Spanish noble of the House of Borgia (b. 1518 )
September 20 – Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães , son of King Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1515 )
October 5 – Helius Eobanus Hessus , German Latin poet (b. 1488 )
date unknown – Francisco de Ulloa , Spanish explorer
probable
1541
Francisco Pizarro
Pedro de Alvarado
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
January 2 – Wang Gen , Chinese philosopher (b. 1483 )
January 5 – Philip of the Palatinate , Bishop of Freising and Naumburg (b. 1480 )[389]
April – Jerzy Radziwiłł , Polish nobleman (b. 1480 )[390]
April 21 – James, Duke of Rothesay , Scottish prince (b. 1540 )
April 24 – Celio Calcagnini , Italian astronomer (b. 1479 )[391]
April 29 – Johann Gramann , German theologian (b. 1487 )[392]
May 27 – Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (executed) (b. 1473 )[393]
June 26 – Francisco Pizarro , Spanish conquistador (b. c. 1475 )[394]
July 4 – Pedro de Alvarado , Spanish conquistador (b. 1495 )[395]
August – Juan de Valdés , Spanish religious writer (b. 1500 )[396]
August 1 – Simon Grynaeus , German scholar and theologian (b. 1493 )[397]
August 18 – Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1539–1541) (b. 1473 )[398]
August 19 – Vincenzo Cappello , Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1469 )[399]
September 24 – Paracelsus , Swiss alchemist and physician (b. 1493 )[400]
September – Beatriz de la Cueva , Governor of Guatemala (b. 1510 )[22]
October 18 – Margaret Tudor , queen of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489 )[401]
November 4 – Wolfgang Fabricius Capito , German reformer (b. 1478 )[402]
November 30 – Amago Tsunehisa , Japanese warlord (b. 1458 )
December 10
December 24 – Andreas Karlstadt , Christian theologian and reformer (b. 1486 )[404]
date unknown
1542
James V of Scotland
January 21 – Azai Sukemasa , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491 )[409]
February – Nikolaus Federmann , German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (b. 1501 )[410]
February 1 – Girolamo Aleandro , Italian cardinal (b. 1480 )[411]
February 13
March 3 – Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle , illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England[414]
May 21 – Hernando de Soto , Spanish explorer, navigator and conquistador (b. c. 1500 )[415]
June 14 – Christoph von Scheurl , German writer (b. 1481 )[416]
June 19 – Leo Jud , Swiss reformer (b. 1482 )[417]
July 15 – Lisa del Giocondo , Florentine noblewoman, believed to be the subject of the Mona Lisa (b. 1479 )
August 24 – Gasparo Contarini , Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483 )[418]
August 29 – Cristóvão da Gama , Portuguese soldier (b. c. 1516 )[419]
September 17 – Lucas Fernández , Spanish dramatist and musician (b. c. 1474 )[420]
September 21 – Juan Boscán Almogáver , Spanish poet (b. c. 1490 )[421]
October 11 – Thomas Wyatt , English poet and diplomat (b. 1503 )[422]
October 18 – Giovanni Gaddi , Italian priest (b. 1493 )[423]
December 14 – King James V of Scotland (b. 1512 )[424]
December 16 – Thomas Lovett III , High Sheriff of Northamptonshire (b. 1473 )[425]
date unknown
1543
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Nicolaus Copernicus
Hans Holbein the Younger
Gian Matteo Giberti
January 2 – Francesco Canova da Milano , Italian composer (b. 1497 )
January 3 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , Portuguese explorer (b. 1499 )
January 9 – Guillaume du Bellay , French diplomat and general (b. 1491 )
February 13 – Johann Eck , German Scholastic theologian (b. 1486 )
February 21 – Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi , Imam of Adal (in battle) (b. c. 1506 )
March 2 – John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer , English politician (b. 1493 )
March 6 – Baccio D'Agnolo , Florentine woodcarver (b. 1460 )
April 23 – Susanna of Bavaria , German noble, House of Wittelsbach (b. 1502 )
May 24 – Nicolaus Copernicus , Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473 )[427]
June 27 – Agnolo Firenzuola , Italian poet (b. 1493 )
July 19 – Mary Boleyn , English courtier, mistress of Kings Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England (b. 1500 )[428]
August 1 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg , German noble (b. 1470 )
August 29 – Maria of Jülich-Berg , German duchess, Spouse of John III, Duke of Cleves (b. 1491 )
September 2 – Sultan Quli Qutb Mulk , founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda (b. 1470 )
September 20 – Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland (b. 1492 )
September 23 – Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg , countess regnant of Neuchatel (b. 1485 )
November 29 – Hans Holbein the Younger , German artist, active in England[429]
December 27 – George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484 )
December 29 – Maria Salviati , Italian noble (b. 1499 )
December 30 – Gian Matteo Giberti , Italian Catholic bishop (b. 1495 )
date unknown
probable
1544
Johannes Magnus
March 16 – Louis V, Elector Palatine (1508–1544) (b. 1478 )[431]
March 22 – Johannes Magnus , last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488 )[432]
April 30 – Thomas Audley , Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488 )[433]
June 14 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489 )[434]
July 15 – René of Châlon , Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519 )[435]
June 23 – Eleonore of Fürstenberg , wife of Philip IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (b. 1523 )[436]
August 19 – Hans Buser , Swiss noble (b. 1513 )
September 12 – Clément Marot , French poet (b. 1496 )[437]
September 25 – Valerius Cordus , German physician and scientist (b. 1515 )[438]
October 10 – Charles Blount, 5th Baron Mountjoy , English courtier and patron of learning (b. 1516 )[439]
October 12 – Antonio Pucci , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1485 )[440]
November 13 – Ursula van Beckum , Dutch Anapabtist (b. 1520 )[441]
November 15 – Lucy Brocadelli , Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (b. 1476 )[442]
November 29 – Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1488 )
December 9 – Teofilo Folengo , Italian poet (b. 1491 )[443]
date unknown
1545
Louis X, Duke of Bavaria
January 16 – George Spalatin , German reformer (b. 1484 )
February 12 or April 2 – Stanisław Odrowąż , Polish noble (b. 1509 )
April 3 – Antonio de Guevara , Spanish chronicler and moralist (b. 1481 )
April 10 – Costanzo Festa , Italian composer (b. 1495 )
April 22 – Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1496 )
April 25 – Jobst II, Count of Hoya (b. 1493 )
May – Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk , English noblewoman (b. c. 1477 )
May 22 – Sher Shah Suri , Indian ruler (b. 1486 )
June 4 – John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1472–1545) (b. 1472 )
June 12 – Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1517 )
June 15 – Elizabeth of Austria , Polish noble (b. 1526 )
July 7 – Pernette Du Guillet , French poet (b. c. 1520 )
July 12 – Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal (b. 1527 )
August 8 – Injong of Joseon , 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (b. 1515 )
August 22 – Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484 )
August 27 – Piotr Gamrat , Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487 )
September
September 1 – Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol , French noble (b. 1491 )
September 9 – Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans , (b. 1522 )
September 24 – Albert of Mainz , elector and archbishop of Mainz (b. 1490 )
October 18 – John Taverner , English composer (b. c. 1490 )[451]
date unknown
1546
Martin Luther
Hayreddin Barbarossa
January 11
January 21 – Azai Sukemasa , daimyō (b. 1491 )
February 18 – Martin Luther , German religious reformer (b. 1483 )[452]
February 23 – Francis, Count of Enghien , French military leader (b. 1519 )
March 1 – George Wishart , Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1513 )
March 26 – Thomas Elyot , English diplomat and scholar (b. c. 1490 )
April 7 – Friedrich Myconius , German Lutheran theologian (b. 1491 )[453]
May 17 – Philipp von Hutten , German explorer (b. 1511 )
May 28 – Ottaviano de' Medici , Italian politician (b. 1484 )
May 29 – David Beaton , Scottish Catholic cardinal (assassinated) (b. c. 1494 )
June 13 – Fridolin Sicher , Swiss composer (b. 1490 )
July 4 – Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (b. 1475 )
July 9 – Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell , Scottish statesman (b. c. 1493 )
July 16 – Anne Askew , English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521 )
August 1 – Peter Faber , French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506 )[454]
August 3
August 12 – Francisco de Vitoria , Renaissance theologian (b. 1492 )
November 1 – Giulio Romano , Italian painter (b. 1499 )
1547
King Henry VIII of England
King Francis I of France
Saint Cajetan
Hernán Cortés
January 5 – Johann Heß , German theologian (b. 1490 )[456]
January 7 – Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1486 )[457]
January 16 – Johannes Schöner , German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477 )[458]
January 18 – Pietro Bembo , Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470 )[459]
January 19 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey , English nobleman, politician and poet, beheaded (b. c.1517 )[166]
January 27 – Anne of Bohemia and Hungary , Queen consort of the Romans, Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1503 )[460]
January 28 – King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491 )[170] [461]
February 25 – Vittoria Colonna , marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490 )[462]
February 28 – Philippa of Guelders , Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1467 )[463]
March 31 – King Francis I of France (b. 1494 )[173] [464]
April 11 – Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia , Danish princess (b. 1504 )[465]
May 22 – Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. c. 1492 )[466]
c. May – Edward Hall , English chronicler and lawyer (b. c.1496 )[467]
June 21 – Sebastiano del Piombo , Italian painter (b. 1485 )[468]
July 20 – Beatus Rhenanus , German humanist and religious reformer (b. 1485 )[469]
August 7 – Saint Cajetan , Italian priest and saint (b. 1480 )[470]
August 17 – Katharina von Zimmern , Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478 )[471]
September 10 – Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1503 )[184]
September 17 – Frederick II of Legnica , Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers) (b. 1480 )[472]
October 18 – Jacopo Sadoleto , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1477 )[473]
December 2 – Hernán Cortés , Spanish conquistador of Mexico (b. 1485 )[474]
December 28 – Konrad Peutinger , German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465 )[475]
date unknown
1548
King Sigismund I the Old
Saint Juan de Zumarraga
Joao de Castro
January 9 – Matthäus Zell , German Lutheran pastor (b. 1477 )[479]
January 23 – Bernardo Pisano , Italian composer (b. 1490 )[480]
February 26 – Lorenzino de' Medici , Italian writer and assassin (b. 1514 )[481]
March 23 – Itagaki Nobukata , Japanese retainer
March 24 – Gissur Einarsson , first Lutheran bishop in Iceland
April 1 – King Sigismund I the Old of Poland (b. 1467 )[202]
June 3 – Juan de Zumárraga , Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468 )[482]
June 6 – João de Castro , Portuguese explorer (b. 1500 )[483]
June 14 – Carpentras , French composer (b. c. 1470 )[484]
July 4 – Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg , German duke (b. 1503 )[485]
July 29 – Gian Gabriele I of Saluzzo , Italian abbot, Marquess of Saluzzo (b. 1501 )[486]
August 2 – Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels and Count of Glatz (b. 1507 )[487]
September 5 – Catherine Parr , sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (b. c. 1512 )[488]
September 8 – John III of Pernstein , Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (b. 1487 )[489]
October 27 – Johannes Dantiscus , Polish poet and Bishop of Warmia (b. 1485 )[490]
November 16 – Caspar Creuziger , German humanist (b. 1504 )[491]
December 27 – Francesco Spiera , Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502 )[492]
date unknown
1549
Pope Paul III
January 28 – Elia Levita , German Yiddish writer (b. 1469 )
February 14 – Il Sodoma , Italian painter (b. 1477 )
March – Mingyi Swe , Burmese viceroy of Toungoo
March 14 – Lorenzo Cybo , Italian condottiero (b. 1500 )
March 20 – Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley , English politician and diplomat (b. 1508 )
March 25 – Veit Dietrich , German theologian, writer and reformer (b. 1506 )[496]
April – Andrew Boorde , English traveller (b. 1490 )
April 3 – Matsudaira Hirotada , Japanese daimyo (b. 1526 )
April 15 – Christine of Saxony , German noble (b. 1505 )
April 24 – Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland , English earl (b. 1498 )
May 11 – María de Toledo , Vicereine and regent of the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo (b. 1490 )
June 26 – Luis Cáncer , Spanish Dominican priest, missionary, martyr and servant of God (b. 1500 )
July 19 – Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield , English baron (b. 1521 )
August 11 – Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg , Prince of Lüneburg and Baron of Harburg (b. 1495 )
September 10 – Anthony Denny , confidant of Henry VIII of England (b. 1501 )
September 21 – Benedetto Accolti the Younger , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1497 )
October 27 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel , French nobility (b. 1491 )
November 10 – Pope Paul III (b. 1468 )[497]
November 26 – Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (b. 1496 )
December 7 – Robert Kett , English rebel (executed)
December 21 – Marguerite de Navarre , queen of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492 )[498]
date unknown
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