The protestant reformation, the Renaissance were significant parts of the historic 16th century with Martin Luther protesting indulgences and other sins with his 95 thesis; Michelangelo unveiled the ceiling of the Sistine chapel; Erasmus, with the help of printer John Froben, published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament, William Tyndale, 12 years after he left England, was led from prison to the stake where he was strangled, then his body burned; John Rogers burned to death at a stake at Smithfield, England. Also, the ‘Cosmographiae Introductio’ is printed and suggests the name “America” for the New World after explorer Americus Vespuccius; ; the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, and the Spanish Armada occur.
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“Speech to the Troops at Tilbury” by Queen Elizabeth I of England
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The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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The Gregorian Calendar is First Adopted in Some Christian States
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St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
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The French Christian Huguenots in Florida set a day of Thanksgiving and offered the first Protestant prayer in North America
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John Rogers is Burned to Death at the Stake in Smithfield, England. The First of Queen “Bloody” Mary’s Reign
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Religious Reformer William Tyndale Burned at the Stake for Trying to Make the Bible Available to Common People
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Protestant Reformation Begins: Martin Luther Nailed his 95 Theses to the Door of the Wittenberg Castle Church, Protesting the Sale of Indulgences and Other Practices
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Erasmus Published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament
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Michelangelo Unveiled the Unfinished Painted Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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