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nude Anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
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Queen Catherine Howard of England is confined in the Tower of London to be executed three days later for treason (adultery).
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Tomé de Sousa appointed Governor-General of Brazil
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UK hist Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
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"An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. The second husband of Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley is found strangled, in what many believe to be an assassination."
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Académie Fran‡aise is founded in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
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Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster MA
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Netherlands & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier
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Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
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Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
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English Pelham government resigns
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"10th (final) volume of Fielding's ""Tom Jones"" is published