1540 in England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 1540 in England: |
| Other years |
| 1538 | 1539 | 1540 | 1541 | 1542 |
Events from the year 1540 in the Kingdom of England.
Contents |
[edit] Events
- 6 January - King Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. [1]
- 9 July - Henry divorces Anne of Cleves.
- 28 July - One of the most important political figures of the reign of Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from the king on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Waltham Abbey is the final priory to fall prey to Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.
[edit] Births
- 24 January - Edmund Campion, Jesuit and Roman Catholic martyr (died 1581)
- 11 June - Barnabe Googe, poet (died 1594)
[edit] Unknown dates
- William Byrd, composer (died 1623)
- Christopher Hatton, politician (died 1591)
- George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon, nobleman (died 1604)
- Lettice Knollys, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (died 1634)
- Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (died 1614)
[edit] Deaths
- 28 July - Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, statesman (executed) (born c1485)
- 30 July - Thomas Abel, priest (martyred) (born c1497)
- 30 July - Robert Barnes, reformer (martyred) (born 1495)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Elizabeth Blount, mistress of Henry VIII of England (born 1502)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
