1540

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s

Years: 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 - 1540 - 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545

• January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort.
• July 9 - King Henry VIII of England divorces Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort.
• July 28 - King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Howard, his fifth Queen consort.
• Spain, Foundation of Society of Jesus, Catholicism
• French translation of John Calvin's L'Institution chrétienne (originally in Latin)

Births

• Andrea Andreani, Italian artist (possibly in 1560)
• Joseph Justus Scaliger, protestant scholar

Deaths

• July 28 - Thomas Cromwell, English statesman,(executed).