Alla källor som gick bort år 1540

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April 27th 1521: Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)
June 21st 1527: Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527)
April 24th 1530: Jacopo Sannazaro (1456-1530)
June 24th 1533: Mary Tudor (1495-1533) - the third wife of King Louis XII of France and sister of England's King Henry VIII.
June 25th 1533: Queen Mary I of England (1496-1533)
July 6th 1533: Ariosto (1474-1533)
July 6th 1535: Sir Thomas More (1477-1535) - of England.
July 12th 1536: Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536) - of the New Testament.
1539: Guru Nanak (1469-1539)

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1540

May 22nd: Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540)

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May 24th 1543: Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) - Polish astronomer
1552: Alexander Barclay (1475-1552)
April 9th 1553: François Rabelais (1490-1553) - French writer
October 27th 1553: Michael Servetus (1511-1553) - whose unorthodox teachings led to his condemnation as a heretic by both Protestants and Roman Catholics.
July 31st 1556: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
October 21st 1556: Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) - Italian writer
September 21st 1558: Charles V (1337-1558) - Roman emperor
October 18th 1562: Saint Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562) - of the Discalced (i.e. barefooted) Friars Minor.
February 18th 1564: Michelangelo (1475-1564)
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