The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
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.
On the 10th July 1553, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen of England after her first cousin once removed, the 15-year-old King Edward VI, died of an unknown respiratory problem.
Sir Francis Drake entered the Bay of Cádiz and attacked the Spanish naval fleet in an event known as ‘Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard’.
On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book chest.
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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