Baptism of Martin Luther in Eisleben, Germany, from which his date of birth, 10 November 1483, is deducted.
He disputed the claim of the (Catholic) church that salvation could be purchased by indulgences, instead salvation is a free gift by God, received by faith in Jesus, who has redeemed our sins. He explained his view in the 95 thesis, which he nailed on the church door in Eisleben in the evening of 31 October 1517, the evening before All Saints’ Day, when everyone would come to church. This is often regarded as the starting point of the reformation. While his original aim was to reform the church, the Pope saw it differently, which ultimately led to the split with the Catholic church. As Luther was of the opinion that the Bible was the only source for knowledge of God, he translated it into German to make it accessible to everyone.
He died on 15 February 1546.
You can find out more at http://www.luther.de/en/
Dorothea Preis
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Birth of Bridget of York, tenth child and seventh daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, at Eltham Palace, London. She became a nun at Dartford Priory. Died in 1517.
Tags: Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Family
By this date Katherine Woodville is married to Henry Tudor’s uncle, Jasper Tudor. Katherine was the sister of Elizabeth Woodville and the widow of Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham.
Source: ODNB on Henry Stafford, Henry, second duke of Buckingham
Tags: Buckingham, Woodville Family
Richard is made justiciar of north Wales for life by his brother, Edward IV
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Birth of John Plantagenet – son of Richard, duke of York, and Cecily Neville. He died young.
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Coronation of Henry VI
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Henry Stafford, second duke of Buckingham, was executed in Salisbury on Sunday, 2 Nov. 1483. Initially, he had been Richard of Gloucester most trusted ally in the summer of 1483. It was probably Bishop John Morton, who was Buckingham’s prisoner at Brecon who persuaded him to become involved in the uprising against Richard III. His part in the rebellion was spectacularly unsuccessful due to atrocious rain, the flooding of the rivers and large-scale desertion of his followers. He was betrayed and executed without trial. In a letter of 12 Oct. 1483, which Richard III dictated to his chancellor, Bishop John Russell, he refers to Buckingham as “the most untrue creature living”
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Edward IV flees to Burgundy, after the rebels under Earl of Warwick, who had by then sided with his former enemy Margaret of Anjou, invaded England with the help of French troops to restore Henry VI. Edward was accompanied by his brother-in-law Anthony, Earl Rivers, and William Lord Hastings. It seems his brother Richard (later Richard III) followed later after trying to gather to support for Edward in England.
Tags: Edward IV, Nevilles, Richard III
Death of William Hobbes, royal physician to Richard III. Hobbes had a long career in the service of the House of York, first to Richard, duke of York, then to his sons Edward IV and Richard III.
He obviously remained proud of this service, even after Henry Tudor claimed the throne, as he asked for the following inscription on his tombstone:
Here lies William Hobbys, formerly physician and surgeon of the most illustrious duke of York, and his sons the most illustrious kings Edward IV and Richard III, whose souls may God protect, amen.
He was buried in Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, London.
ODNB on ‘Hobbes, William (d. 1488)’
His will can be found in: Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Hustings, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688, Volume 2, ed.by Reginald R Sharpe, London, 1890, pp.590-591
Tags: Contemporaries, Richard III
Birth of John de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, only son of William de la Pole and Alice Chaucer.
As a child, John was married Margaret Beaufort, but the marriage contract was dissolved in February 1453 by Henry VI. In 1458 he married instead Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard, duke of York, and Cecily Neville, a sister of Edward IV and Richard III. They had 11 children.
Michael Hicks, ‘Pole, John de la, second duke of Suffolk (1442–1492)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004. [accessed online 30 Aug. 2015]
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