1539
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Years: 1536 1537 1538 - 1539 - 1540 1541 1542 |
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Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s |
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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
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Gregorian calendar | 1539 MDXXXIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2292 |
Armenian calendar | 988 ԹՎ ՋՁԸ |
Chinese calendar | 4175/4235-12-12 (戊戌年十二月十二日) — to —
4176/4236-11-22(己亥年十一月廿二日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1531 – 1532 |
Hebrew calendar | 5299 – 5300 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1594 – 1595 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1461 – 1462 |
- Kali Yuga | 4640 – 4641 |
Iranian calendar | 917 – 918 |
Islamic calendar | 946 – 947 |
Japanese calendar | Tenbun 8 (天文8年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2199 (皇紀2199年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11539 |
Thai solar calendar | 2082 |
[edit] Events
- May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. He also introduced pigs into North America
- May - The Six Articles, an Act of the Parliament of England, reaffirms certain Catholic principles in Henry VIII's Church of England.
- September 4 - Henry VIII contracts to marry Anne of Cleves.
- September 7 - Guru Angad Dev becomes the second Guru of the Sikhs.
- Lutheranism is forcefully introduced to Iceland, despite the opposition of Bishop Jón Arason.
- Beaulieu Abbey, Bolton Abbey, Colchester Abbey and St Albans Abbey fall prey to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
[edit] Births
- April 7 - Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and drawer, (died 1584)
- October 2 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (died 1584)
- November 1 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (died 1596)
- December 5 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (died 1604)
- Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, Portuguese 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)
See also Category: 1539 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 6 - John III, Duke of Cleves (born 1491)
- February 13 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (born 1474)
- March 5 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (born 1487)
- March 12 - Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (born 1477)
- April 17 - George, Duke of Saxony (born 1471)
- May 7 - Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism (born 1469)
- May 7 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (born 1466)
- July 5 - St Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Italian saint (born 1502)
- September 8 - John Stokesley, English prelate (born 1475)
- December 20 - Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (born c1539)
- James Beaton, Scottish church leader (born 1473)
- Vannoccio Biringuccio, Italian metallurgist (born 1480)
- Hugh Cook Faringdon, Abbot of Reading
- Symeon Iwanowicz Trubczewski, governor of Kostroma
See also Category: 1539 deaths.