1539 deaths

First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

16th-century Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain (1503-1539)

Italian noble

English diplomat and politician of the Tudor era (1477-1539)

Ottoman Grand Vizier

Spanish bibliophile and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus (1488-1539)

Duke of Saxony (1471-1539)

Italian saint

First ruler of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Italian painter (1484-1539)

Italian cardinal and politician

Italian printer

Consorte di Selim I

Catholic cardinal

Estevanico (–1539), Esteban de Dorantes and Estevanico the Moor, was the first African and person to explore North America and one of the last four survivors of the Narváez expedition.

German model, wife of Albrecht Dürer

16th-century English nobleman

Italian diplomat (1474-1540)

Polish-Lithuanian noble

German writer

Shaybanid khan of Bukhara

Duchess consort of Lorraine

(d. 1539) English Augustinian, Catholic saint and martyr

king of Kartli

Italian renaissance painter (c.1460-1539)

Italian cardinal

Portuguese colonial administrator

English Roman Catholic martyr

English nobleman executed for treason

duchess of Gandía

Doge of Genoa

Spanish agronomist (1470-1539)

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Dutch stadtholder (1470-1539)

Ming dynasty politician

German humanist

franco-Flemish composer

French physician

Spanish noble

Hungarian noble (1491-1539)

Prince of Portugal

Roman Catholic bishop

Archbishop of Riga (1500-1539)

Irish noblewoman

English politician (1496-1539)

Sagipa or Zaquesazipa (died 1539, Bosa, New Kingdom of Granada) was the fifth and last ruler (psihipqua) of Muyquytá, currently known as Bogotá, as of 1537. He was the brother of his predecessor Bogotá but the traditional faction of the Muisca considered him an usurper as his nephew Chiayzaque, the cacique of Chía, was the legitimate successor of Tisquesusa. His hoa counterpart in the northern part of the Muisca territory was Quiminza, the last surviving ruler of the Muisca. The daughter of Sagipa, named as Magdalena de Guatavita, married conquistador Hernán Venegas Carrillo, one of the first

Polish Jewish martyr

Incan noble

Croatian bishop and writer

Scottish church leader; (1473-1539)

Italian saint

Dutch heretic

Polish noble

Roman Catholic archbishop

Ming physician, 1463-1539

Roman Catholic bishop

general treasurer and archchancellor of an Austrian archduke in Spain (1489-1539)

Thushin Takayutpi (, , or Taka Yut Pi or Taka Rat Pi; 1511–1539), also called Patira Rāja (ပတိရရာဇာ) was king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1526 to 1539. At his accession, the 15-year-old inherited the most prosperous and powerful kingdom of all post-Pagan kingdoms. But he never had control of his vassals who scarcely acknowledged him. A dozen years later, due to the young king's inexperience and mismanagement, the Mon-speaking kingdom founded in 1287 fell to a smaller Toungoo.

Renaissance humanist, and Latin scholar

Saxon Royal (1504-1539)