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21st May 1972: Laszlo Toth attacks and seriously damages Michelangelo’s Pietà statue

  • 21st May 2023
  • Tagged as: Catholic, Catholicism, Christianity, Destruction, Italy, Michelangelo, Pieta, Religion, Rome, Vandalism

Hungarian-born geologist Laszlo Toth attacked and seriously damaged Michelangelo’s Pietà statue with a hammer.

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10th May 1857: The start of the Indian Mutiny (First War of Indian Independence)

  • 10th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Britain, East India Company, Enfield Rifle, Imperialism, India, Mutiny, Politics, Religion, Sepoy

The Indian Mutiny, also known as the First War of Indian Independence, began in Meerut.

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1st March 1692: Salem witch trials begin in Massachusetts

  • 1st March 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Christianity, Colonies, Execution, Law, Massachusetts, Religion, Salem, USA, Witch, Witchcraft

Salem’s witch hysteria began in January 1692 when both the daughter and niece of the Reverend Samuel Parris each began to suffer violent fits. In total twenty people were executed, and a further seven died in jail, before the paranoia came to an end.

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15th February 1949: The first archaeological excavation at the site of the Dead Sea Scrolls

  • 15th February 2023
  • Tagged as: Archaeology, Israel, Qumran, Religion, West Bank

The first professional archaeological excavation began in the Qumran Caves, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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7th February 1495: Savonarola’s Bonfire of the Vanities

  • 7th February 2023
  • Tagged as: Culture, Florence, Italy, Medici, Religion, Renaissance, Savonarola

Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.

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16th January 1412: Antipope John XXIII makes the Medici Bank the official bank to the Papacy

  • 16th January 2023
  • Tagged as: Antipope, Banking, Finance, John XXIII, Medici, Medieval, Papacy, Religion, Renaissance, Rome, Vatican

Antipope John XXIII made the Medici Bank the official bank of the Papacy.

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27th December 537: Hagia Sophia inaugurated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Menas of Constantinople

  • 27th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Church, Constantinople, Islam, Istanbul, Justinian II, Mehmed II, Mosque, Religion

Hagia Sophia’s long history saw it serve as both a Greek Orthodox cathedral and a Roman Catholic cathedral, before Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II in 1453.

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17th December 497 BCE: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome

  • 17th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Ancient, Christmas, Festival, Religion, Rome, Saturn, Saturnalia

The Saturnalia festival was dedicated to Roman god, Saturn.

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27th November 1095: Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade with a speech at the Council of Clermont

  • 27th November 2022
  • Tagged as: Christianity, Council of Clermont, Crusade, Islam, Jerusalem, Judaism, Pogrom, Pope Urban II, Religion, Urban II

No accurate record exists of how many people responded to Pope Urban II’s call, but estimates suggest anywhere between 60,000 and 100,000 people joined the First Crusade.

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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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