Portal:Religion/On this day/May 6
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[edit] May 6:
- 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, died fighting the forces of Charles V during the Sack of Rome in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape.
- 1536 - King Henry VIII orders translated Bibles be placed in every church.
