Tag: Reformation

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24th October 1648: Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War that ravaged Europe

• 24th October 2023
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Dutch Republic, Europe, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Lutherism, Peace of Westphalia, Politics, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion, Spain, Sweden, Territory, Thirty Years War, War

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

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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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3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy

• 3rd November 2022
• Tagged as: Act of Supremacy, Catholicism, Church, Church of England, England, Henry VIII, Papacy, Parliament, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion

The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.

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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
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Indulgences, Martin Luther, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion, Wittenberg

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.

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23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII

• 23rd March 2022
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Dissolution of the monasteries, Essex, Henry VIII, Monastery, Reformation, Tudor, Waltham Abbey

Abbot Robert Fuller surrendered the abbey and its property on 23 March 1540, and within just a few years all the buildings except for the parish nave had been demolished or had collapsed due to neglect.

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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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5th November 1605: Gunpowder Plot foiled when Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords in London

• 5th November 2021
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Conspiracy, England, Gunpowder Ploy, Guy Fawkes, James I and VI, London, Politics, Protestantism, Reformation

However, the plot was revealed in an anonymous letter and Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder.

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29th July 1588: Decisive Battle of Gravelines during the Spanish Armada

• 29th July 2021
• Tagged as: Armada, Battle of Gravelines, Catholicism, Elizabeth I, England, Philip II, Protestantism, Reformation, Spain, Spanish Armada

The Battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the Spanish Armada, took place off the coast of Flanders.

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31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedely posts his 95 Theses

• 31st October 2020
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Christianity, Germany, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion

On the 31^st October 1517, the foundations of the Protestant Reformation were laid when Martin Luther reputedly nailed his ‘Ninety-five Theses’ to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg – a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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21st March 1556: Thomas Cranmer executed for heresy

• 21st March 2020
• Tagged as: Catholicism, Edward VI, Henry VIII, Heresy, Mary I, Protestantism, Reformation, Thomas Cranmer, Tudor

On the 21^st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer was executed for heresy.