1540

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1510s  1520s  1530s  – 1540s –  1550s  1560s  1570s
Years: 1537 1538 153915401541 1542 1543
1540 in topic:
Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture – Art –
Literature – Music – Poetry – Science
Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors
Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
Births – Deaths – Works

Year 1540 (MDXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events of 1540

January–June

July–December

Undated

Births

1540 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1540
MDXL
Ab urbe condita 2293
Armenian calendar 989
ԹՎ ՋՁԹ
Bahá'í calendar -304 – -303
Bengali calendar 947
Berber calendar 2490
Buddhist calendar 2084
Burmese calendar 902
Byzantine calendar 7048 – 7049
Chinese calendar 己亥年十一月廿三日
(4176/4236-11-23)
— to —
庚子年十二月初四日
(4177/4237-12-4)
Coptic calendar 1256 – 1257
Ethiopian calendar 1532 – 1533
Hebrew calendar 5300 – 5301
Hindu calendars
 - Bikram Samwat 1596 – 1597
 - Shaka Samvat 1462 – 1463
 - Kali Yuga 4641 – 4642
Holocene calendar 11540
Iranian calendar 918 – 919
Islamic calendar 946 – 947
Japanese calendar Tenbun 9
(天文9年)
Korean calendar 3873
Thai solar calendar 2083
See also Category: 1540 births.

Deaths

See also Category: 1540 deaths.