1540

This article is about the year 1540. For the disc drive, see Commodore 1540. For the Catlin Gabel School's FIRST Robotics team, see The Catlin Gabel School#Activities. For The United Nations Security Council Resolution, see United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540.
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Centuries: 15th century · 16th century · 17th century
Decades: 1510s · 1520s · 1530s · 1540s · 1550s · 1560s · 1570s
Years: 1537 · 1538 · 1539 · 1540 · 1541 · 1542 · 1543
1540 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1540
MDXL
Ab urbe condita2293
Armenian calendar989
ԹՎ ՋՁԹ
Assyrian calendar6290
Bengali calendar947
Berber calendar2490
English Regnal year31 Hen. 8  32 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2084
Burmese calendar902
Byzantine calendar7048–7049
Chinese calendar己亥(Earth Pig)
4236 or 4176
     to 
庚子年 (Metal Rat)
4237 or 4177
Coptic calendar1256–1257
Discordian calendar2706
Ethiopian calendar1532–1533
Hebrew calendar5300–5301
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1596–1597
 - Shaka Samvat1461–1462
 - Kali Yuga4640–4641
Holocene calendar11540
Igbo calendar540–541
Iranian calendar918–919
Islamic calendar946–947
Japanese calendarTenbun 9
(天文9年)
Javanese calendar1458–1459
Julian calendar1540
MDXL
Korean calendar3873
Minguo calendar372 before ROC
民前372年
Nanakshahi calendar72
Thai solar calendar2082–2083
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Year 1540 (MDXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

JanuaryJune

JulyDecember

Date unknown

Births

Princess Cecilia of Sweden born on November 16

Deaths

Angela Merici died on January 27, 1540
Lebna Dengel died on September 2, 1540

References

  1. Drinkwater, John (1786). A history of the late siege of Gibraltar: With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest periods. Printed by T. Spilsbury. p. 8. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  2. "Weather chronicler relates of medieval disasters". goDutch.com. 2003-10-07. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. Johnson, Hugh (1989). Vintage: The Story of Wine. Simon and Schuster. pp. 284, 390. ISBN 0-671-68702-6.
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