Deaths 1540

angela merici



thomas cromwell



lebna dengel



january 27 – angela merici, italian religious leader , saint (b. 1474)
march 30 – matthäus lang von wellenburg, german statesman , 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 , historian (b. 1483)
june 16 – konrad von thüngen, german noble (b. c. 1466)
july 28 – thomas cromwell, 1st earl of essex, english statesman (executed) (b. c.1485)
july 30

thomas abel, english priest (martyred) (b. c. 1497)
robert barnes, english reformer (martyred) (b. 1495)
eric i, duke of brunswick-lüneburg, prince of calenberg (1491–1540) (b. 1470)


august 23 – guillaume budé, french scholar (b. 1467)
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 house of borgia (b. 1518)
september 20 – infante duarte, duke of guimarães, son of king manuel of portugal (b. 1515)
october 5 – helius eobanus hessus, german latin poet (b. 1488)
date unknown – francisco de ulloa, spanish explorer
probable

elizabeth blount, mistress of henry viii of england (b. 1502)
tristão da cunha, portuguese explorer (b. 1460)
johann georg faust, german alchemist (b. 1480)