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What Happened in October 1521

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Defender of the Faith

Oct 11 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"

King of England Henry VIII
Pope Leo X

Great Wood Ban of Amsterdam

Oct 25 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam and decrees new building have to be built from stone

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

Events in 1521

Famous Deaths

  • Oct 24 Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (Courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII), dies at 57


What Happened in 1521

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