May 8
589 Reccared (reigned 586–601) was Visigothic King of
Hispania, Septimania and Galicia summoned the Third Council of Toledo. The
council enacted restrictions on Jews, and the conversion of the country to
Christianity led to repeated persecutions of Jews.
1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion:
Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
1521 Parliament of Worms installed an
Imperial edict against Marten Luther, which denounced the monk and commanded
that all his works be burned.
1559 An act of supremacy defined Queen Elizabeth
I as the supreme governor of the Church of England.
1660 Parliament proclaimed
Charles II king of England, restoring the monarchy after more than a decade.
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