Historical Events May 4 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople Famous Birthdays May 9 Maharana Pratap, Rajput king of Mewar (1572-1597), born in Kumbhargal Fort, Mewar (d. 1597) Born in 1540 Famous Deaths May 6 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and Renaissance humanist thought of as the father of modern psychology, dies at 48 May 22 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and statesman (Papal States governor, President of Romagna, dies at 57 Apr 1540 History by Year Jun 1540 What Happened in 1540 Thomas Cromwell Backs The Wrong HorseAugust 22, 1540
