October
11
1303 Pope Boniface VIII died. He instituted the first Jubilee (special year
of remission of sins and universal pardon).
1521 Pope Leo X granted Henry VIII
the title Defender of the Faith for a tract defending Catholicism.
1542 Thomas
Wyatt died. The English lyrical poet is credited with introducing the sonnet
into English.
1551 John Dudley, Earl of Warwick was made the Duke of
Northumberland.
1537 Lady Jane Grey, Britain's nine day queen, was born, the
exact date is not known.
1982 Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose was raised to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent. After a long and successful career, the Mary Rose sank on July 19, 1545 off Portsmouth, during an engagement with a French fleet which had attacked the English coast. The reason for the sinking is still a mystery, although many theories exist. Human error and indiscipline amongst the crew are possible explanations. Almost all of the men on board drowned.
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