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26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent

26th January 2023
Tagged as: Catholicism, Council of Trent, Counter-Reformation, Martin Luther, Papacy, Pius IV, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation

Pope Pius IV issued a Papal bull confirming the decrees of the Council of Trent that defined Catholic doctrine in the face of the Protestant Reformation.

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21st March 1556: Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, executed for heresy

21st March 2022
Tagged as: Catholicism, Counter-Reformation, England, Heresy, Mary I, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion, Thomas Cranmer

Cranmer’s execution in 1556 for heresy was intended to act as way to discredit Protestantism.

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26th January 1564: Pope Pius IV confirms the decrees of the Council of Trent

21st March 1556: Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, executed for heresy

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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