Editing 1540 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII]] marries [[Anne of Cleves]], his fourth [[Queen consort]]; the marriage lasts six months.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Retha M. Warnicke|author2=Warnicke, Retha Marvine Warnicke|title=The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Early Modern England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1PrjR79wzgC|date=13 April 2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-77037-8|page=1}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], enters [[Ghent]] without resistance, and executes rebels, ending the [[Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540)]].
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Waltham Abbey Church|Waltham Abbey]] is the last to be closed as part of Henry VIII of England's  [[dissolution of the monasteries]].