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Richard Wingfield
1525Jul, 22

Richard Wingfield

Richard Wingfield, English courtier and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1426)
Sir Richard Wingfield KG of Kimbolton Castle (c. 1469 – 22 July 1525) was an influential courtier and diplomat in the early years of the Tudor dynasty of England.

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  • 21Jan

    Anabaptist

    The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
  • 24Feb

    Battle of Pavia

    A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
  • 15May

    Battle of Frankenhausen

    Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.