The Peace of Westphalia confirmed the autonomy of states with the Holy Roman Empire and redefined the borders and sovereignty of numerous European states.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary were thrown out of the window of the Bohemian Chancellery in the Second Defenestration of Prague.
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.
The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.
31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedly nails his Ninety-five Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, laying the foundations of the Protestant Reformation
- 31st October 2022
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Martin Luther’s particular concern was the Catholic church’s practice of selling indulgences with a promise that a buyer’s sins would be absolved.
Cranmer’s execution in 1556 for heresy was intended to act as way to discredit Protestantism.
The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 April.
John Rogers became the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I after he was burnt at the stake.
However, the plot was revealed in an anonymous letter and Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder.
The Battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the Spanish Armada, took place off the coast of Flanders.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2022
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019