Necrology 1540
This is a list of famous people who died in 1540 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1st | Johann Molner | German Cistercian abbot | ||
| January 9th | Hoyer VI. from Mansfeld | Count von Mansfeld, Knight of the Golden Fleece | ||
| January 27th | Angela Merici | Religious, founder of the Ursulines | 65 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Georg Schenck of Tautenburg | Governor of Friesland and Overijssel, Drenthe and Groningen | ||
| 27th of February | John III Buttner | German Benedictine abbot |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd March | Hieronymus Dungersheim | German theologian | 74 | |
| March 22 | Hans Kohlhase | German businessman; Model for Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas" | ||
| March 30 | Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg | Archbishop of Salzburg and Cardinal |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of April | Garcia de Noronha | Portuguese nobleman | ||
| 12. April | Antoine I. de Lalaing | Governor of Holland and Zealand | ||
| April 16 | Afonso de Portugal | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 30th | |
| 17th April | Stanislaus Thurzo | Bishop of Olomouc | ||
| April 19th | Johannes V. Swan | Provost of Heidenfeld | ||
| April 25 | Dietrich von Thüngen | Cathedral dean of Würzburg |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4th | Otto Beckmann | German theologian, pastor and humanist | ||
| May 6th | Juan Luis Vives | Spanish humanist and teacher | 48 | |
| May 16 | Johann Koell | Estonian clergyman and translator | ||
| May 19th | Johann Schwebel | German theologian | ||
| May 22 | Francesco Guicciardini | Italian historian | 57 | |
| May 24th | Veit Welzer | Governor of Carinthia (1520–1537) |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Sebald Pögl the Younger | Styrian hammer master and arms manufacturer | ||
| June 11th | Georg Hohermuth of Speyer | German conquistador and governor of Venezuela | ||
| June 16 | Konrad II of Thüngen | Prince-Bishop of Würzburg (1519–1540) | ||
| June 22 | Sibert of Ryswick | Catholic clergyman and politician | ||
| June 28th | Federico II Gonzaga | Duke of Mantua | 40 | |
| June 29th | Prista early baby | Victims of the witch trials in Wittenberg | ||
| June 30th | Thomas Abel | English clergyman |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd of July | Johann III. from Metzenhausen | Elector and Archbishop of Trier | ||
| 22nd of July | Johann Zápolya | Prince of Transylvania | 53 | |
| July 28th | Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex | English statesman | ||
| July 28th | Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury | English politician during the Tudor period | ||
| July 28th | Hermann Tulichius | German theologian (Protestant), educator and reformer | ||
| 30th July | Robert Barnes | English reformer and martyr | ||
| 30th July | Erich I. | Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 70 | |
| July | Jörg Kölderer | Court painter and court architect of Emperor Maximilian I. |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th of August | Jean Jonglet | Ambassador of the Spanish Netherlands in England | ||
| 8th August | Christoph Hegendorf | humanistic poet, Lutheran theologian and lawyer | ||
| 20th of August | Guillaume Budé | French humanist, diplomat, philologist and librarian | 72 | |
| August 23 | Heinrich Schickhardt the Elder | German carver and cabinet maker | 76 | |
| August 24th | Parmigianino | Italian mannerism painter | 37 | |
| 26th of August | Gallus Haas | Abbot in the monastery of St. Blasien |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Konrad Krebs | German builder and architect | ||
| September 18 | Philipp Fürstenberger | German patrician and statesman | ||
| September 20th | Andreas Stoss | Carmelite | ||
| September 24th | Enno II. | Count of East Frisia (1528–1540) | ||
| 25th of September | Adam White | Protestant theologian and reformer | ||
| 25th of September | John III wolf | German Cistercian abbot | ||
| September | Hans Cromberger | Book printer, founded the first printing company in America |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of October | Helius Eobanus Hessus | German Protestant humanist and neo-Latin poet | 52 | |
| October 7th | Cristoforo Giacobazzi | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | ||
| 23rd October | Stephan Kempe | Lutheran theologian and reformer |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 12th | Boing from Oldersum | East Frisian nobleman and civil servant | ||
| 14th November | Rosso Fiorentino | Italian mannerism painter | 46 | |
| November 18 | Sigmund Holbein | German painter |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | Ștefan Lăcustă | Prince of Moldova |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf of Burgundy | Lord von Veere and Admiral of the Netherlands | |||
| Jorge Afonso | Portuguese painter | |||
| Kaspar Baldung | German lawyer | |||
| Balthasar von Esens | East Frisian chief | |||
| Barthel Beham | German painter and engraver | |||
| Bernhard bow dance | German music theorist | |||
| Johann Böschenstein | German Hebraist, hymn poet and mathematician | |||
| Joos van Cleve | Dutch painter | |||
| Nicolas Cop | Rector and medic | |||
| Andreas Cratander | Basel printer and publisher | |||
| David II | Negus (Emperor) of Ethiopia (1508–1540) | |||
| Gregor Erhart | German carver | |||
| Johannes Fritzhans | German Lutheran preacher, formerly a Franciscan | |||
| Elisabeth von Hohengeroldseck | Abbess of the Buchau women's monastery | |||
| Hinrich Kerckring | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | |||
| Gottschalk Kruse | Lutheran theologian and reformer in Lower Saxony | |||
| Philippe Maioris | Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |||
| Daniel Mauch | German carver | |||
| Wolfgang Reissenbusch | German theologian, humanist and politician, Chancellor of the University of Wittenberg | |||
| Wolfgang Treu | Mayor of Vienna | |||
| Francisco de Ulloa | Spanish explorer, explored the west coast of what is now Mexico | |||
| Jakob Zech | Czech watchmaker | |||
| Konrad Öttinger | Lutheran theologian and reformer |