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Events on Monday 22 July 1540 1
1487 – 1540John Zapolya (1487-1540)Died 22 July 1540, aged 53John Zapolya was King of Hungary, elected by the Hungarian nobility in opposition to the Habsburg claimant Ferdinand I after the death of Louis II at Mohacs. His long struggle with Ferdinand split the Hungarian crown and drew him into alliance with the Ottoman Empire. His death prompted renewed war over the succession, as the Ottomans moved to secure Hungary for his infant son.