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date: 28 May
Spanish Armada sets sail for England   -  28th May 1588  -     One of the most famous episodes in our history, taught to schoolchildren up and down the country, the Spanish Armada was a campaign to end the reign of Elizabeth I and Protestantism in...
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  • 16th Century
date: 01 Nov
The First View of the paintings on the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel     -  1st November 1512   -       Pope Julius II celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel for four years on All Saints’ Day 1512 due to, what might be called in modern...
tags:
  • 16th Century
  • Art & Culture
  • Classical Art
  • Religion
  • This week in history
date: 21 Mar
The Execution of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer     -  March 21st 1556  -     The first half of the sixteenth century saw a massive upheaval in the Church with the spread of Protestantism – the ideals of the German cleric Martin Luther. Nowhere was this...
tags:
  • 16th Century
  • Kings & Queens
  • Politics
  • This week in history
  • Tudor
date: 09 Sep
Coronation of Mary, Queen of Scots     -  September 9th 1543  -     We often think that today’s politics is a shady and underhand business, with self-interest at its heart. Tudor/Stuart England was far worse. The story of Mary starts as far back as...
tags:
  • 16th Century
  • Kings & Queens
  • This week in history
  • Tudor
date: 16 Aug
The Battle of the Spurs   -  16th August 1513  -     This particular foray of Henry VIII’s was one in a long line of adventures on the Continent. At a time when we are talking Brexit, Henry seemed very keen on Europe. This was four years into his...
tags:
  • 16th Century
  • Battles
  • Kings & Queens
  • This week in history