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1st burning of Protestants at the stake in the Netherlands

1st burning of Protestants at the stake in the Netherlands

1st burning of Protestants at the stake in the Netherlands

Events Before

  1. Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area, establishing the first Jewish ghetto, in the city's the Cannaregio distr

    Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area, establishing the first Jewish ghetto, in the city's the Cannaregio district.

  2. Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively defeat the Mamluk Sultanate near Aleppo, ending Egyptian control in the

    Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively defeat the Mamluk Sultanate near Aleppo, ending Egyptian control in the Middle East

  3. Adrian Willaert is installed as a singer for Cardinal Ippolito I d'Este

    Adrian Willaert is installed as a singer for Cardinal Ippolito I d'Este

  4. The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recogn

    The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan

  5. Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza

    Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza

Events After

  1. Bona Sforza is crowned queen consort of Poland

    Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right.

  2. Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant

    Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant

  3. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey of England makes a European plan

    Thomas Wolsey (March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner.

  4. Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men

    Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men

  5. King Carlos I is elected Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

    Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516...

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