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
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The Peace of Westphalia confirmed the autonomy of states with the Holy Roman Empire and redefined the borders and sovereignty of numerous European states.
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.
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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