January 18
350 Flavius Julius Constans was assassinated.
1486 King Henry VII of England married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward
IV.
1520 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeated the Swedes at Lake
Åsunden.
1562 Pope Pius IV reopened the Council of Trent for its third and
final session, which defined the mass as a true sacrifice and issued statements
on several other doctrinal issues. By the end of the 16th century, many of the
abuses that had motivated the Protestant Reformation had disappeared, and the
church had reclaimed many of its European followers.
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