Year 1538 (MDXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
1538 in various calendars
1538
MDXXXVIII
2291
987
ԹՎ ՋՁԷ
6288
1459–1460
945
2488
2082
900
7046–7047
丁酉年 (Fire Rooster)
4235 or 4028
— to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
4236 or 4029
1254–1255
2704
1530–1531
5298–5299
1594–1595
1459–1460
4638–4639
11538
538–539
916–917
944–945
Tenbun7
(天文7年)
1456–1457
1538
MDXXXVIII
3871
374 before ROC
民前374年
70
2080–2081
阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1664 or 1283 or 511
— to —
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
1665 or 1284 or 512
And on April 4, 1538, Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya herself, who was only thirty years old, suddenly died.
The year 1538 is also the death of Paganino Paganini.