The Battle of Gravelines, the decisive battle of the Spanish Armada, took place off the coast of Flanders.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
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.
On the 31st 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.
On the 21st March 1556, Thomas Cranmer was executed for heresy.
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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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019