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Events in 1539
| 21 January: |  | The thirty days of Ramadan in the Islamic year 945 begin at the first sighting of the lunar crescent. |
| 20 February: | | Muslims celebrate the Conclusion of the Fast on the first day of the month Shawwal. |
| 6 April: | | The resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated on Easter Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox since the Council of Nicaea in 325. |
| 14 April: | | Jews celebrate Pesach for the next seven or eight days. |
| 29 April: | | Muslims celebrate the Festival of Sacrifice on the tenth day of the month Dhu al-Hijjah. |
| 25 May: | | Seven weeks after Easter Christians celebrate Pentecost, possibly since 68 AD. |
| 30 May: |  | Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay in Florida, introducing the first pigs to North America. |
| 2 October: | | Jews celebrate Yom Kippur since sunset last night. |
People in 1539
Hans Holbein the Younger, John Taverner, Edward VI, John Rogers, Mikael Agricola, Nicolaus Copernicus, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Melanchthon, Charles V, Nostradamus, Francis Xavier, Alva, Andrea Palladio, John Calvin, Giorgio Vasari, Gerardus Mercator, Vesalius, Mary I, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Tintoretto, Gaspard de Coligny, Takeda Shingen, Elizabeth I and William of Orange celebrated their birthday this year.
Presenting 1539
The year 1539 was a common year starting on a Wednesday, just like 1449, 1455, 1466, 1477, 1483, 1494, 1500, 1505, 1511, 1522 and 1533 in the century before it and 1550, 1561, 1567, 1578, 1586, 1597, 1603, 1614, 1625 and 1631 in the next.
The coloured days highlight
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political
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scientific
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artistic
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other historical milestones, and recurring events such as anniversaries and
holidays.
The new
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icons indicate the phases of the moon and appear only for dates in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. after 14 October 1582. The Chinese calendar is available only from 1645 to 2644, the first millenium since the last reform. The coloured columns mark the Sundays, the last day of the week per standard ISO-8601.
Calculating time
The normal calendar page for the current /year?2017 contains an introduction to the intriguing history of the year as we know it. The Calendar Converter has more detail. The so called Perpetual Calendar uses a trick from before the age of computers to find the weekday for any Gregorian date. Also see an overview of all historical events in the last six thousand years.
URL: < http://4umi.com/year?1539 >, created 23 January 2011, changed 13 September 2012, served 21 September 2017.-
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