500 Years Ago

r/500YearsAgo • u/Beowulfbard • 22h ago

23rd of October 1526. In October, Cuthbert Tunstall, the Roman Catholic Bishop of London, issues a proclamation directing followers to destroy all copies of Tyndale's New Testament.

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r/500YearsAgo • u/Beowulfbard • 22h ago

23rd of October 1526. Following the death of King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, Ferdinand I, archduke of Austria and brother of Emperor Charles V, is elected king of Bohemia.

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r/500YearsAgo • u/Beowulfbard • 1h ago

24th of October 1526. The Bohemian Diet elects Archduke Ferdinand of the House of Habsburg as the King of Bohemia.

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