The first professional archaeological excavation began in the Qumran Caves, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world
6th September 2018
The first professional archaeological excavation began in the Qumran Caves, the location of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola led the burning of thousands of objects in the Bonfire of the Vanities.
Antipope John XXIII made the Medici Bank the official bank of the Papacy.
The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.
The English writer Daniel Defoe was put in the pillory for seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet.