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22nd June 1633: Galileo Galilei forced to recant his belief in heliocentrism after being found ‘suspect of heresy’ by the Papal Inquisition

22nd June 2023
Tagged as: Astronomy, Catholicism, Galileo, Heliocentrism, Inquisition, Italy, Papal Inquisition, Pope, Religion, Rome, Science, Space, Universe

Galileo was sentenced to house arrest where he remained for the final nine years of his life.

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15th July 1834: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition, formally known as the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition

15th July 2022
Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Inquisition, Judaism, Religion, Spain, Spanish Inquisition

By the time it was abolished, up to 150,000 people had been tried by the Spanish Inquisition, of whom somewhere between two and five thousand were executed.

Tag: Inquisition

22nd June 1633: Galileo Galilei forced to recant his belief in heliocentrism after being found ‘suspect of heresy’ by the Papal Inquisition

15th July 1834: Abolition of the Spanish Inquisition, formally known as the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition

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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

4th October 1927: Work begins on the USA’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota

3rd October 1993: The Black Hawk Down incident during the Battle of Mogadishu

2nd October 1627: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last ruler of the Ming Dynasty, ascends the throne

1st October 1957: The phrase ‘In God We Trust’ appears on U.S. paper currency for the first time

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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