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First imperial coronation by a pope, Charles V crowned by Clement VII

First imperial coronation by a pope, Charles V crowned by Clement VII

First imperial coronation by a pope, Charles V crowned by Clement VII

Key People

Charles V

Events Before

  1. Second Diet of Speyer convenes, condemns and attempts to reverse 1526 Diet of Speyers relaxation of ban on Luther's teac

    Second Diet of Speyer convenes, condemns and attempts to reverse 1526 Diet of Speyers relaxation of ban on Luther's teachings); official protest to attempted reversal on 25 April creates the term "Protestantism"

  2. Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere

    Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere

  3. 30 Jews of Posing, Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake

    30 Jews of Posing, Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake

  4. Zurich declares war on Catholic cantons

    Zurich declares war on Catholic cantons

  5. Battle of Landriano: Imperial-Spanish forces under Don Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova, beat a French army under Fra

    Battle of Landriano: Imperial-Spanish forces under Don Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova, beat a French army under Francis de Bourbon, Comte de St. Pol

Events After

  1. Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die

    The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, hit the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40…

  2. King Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury

    King Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury

  3. Gustav I, King of Sweden (35) marries his first wife Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (18) in Stockholm

    Gustav I, King of Sweden (35) marries his first wife Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (18) in Stockholm

  4. Pope Clement VII publishes the papal bull "Cum ad nihil magis", authorizing the Inquisition in Portugal at Evora, Coimbr

    Pope Clement VII publishes the papal bull "Cum ad nihil magis", authorizing the Inquisition in Portugal at Evora, Coimbra, and Lisbon; it is rescinded in 1535

  5. English Reformation Parliament's second sitting

    English Reformation Parliament's second sitting

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