The sovereignty of the Netherlands resigned by Charles V to his son, Philip II.
Return to Scotland of John Knox.
Completion of the version of the Psalms, in English metre, by Sternhold and Hopkins.
1556. Burning of Cranmer.
Emperor Charles V resigns the crown of Germany. See "Religious Peace of Augsburg," ix, 348.
"Akbar Establishes the Mogul Empire in India." See ix, 366.
1557. Philip II of Spain arrives in England; he obtains a declaration of war against France and departs. Battle of St. Quentin; the Earl of Pembroke joins the army of Philip II in Flanders, with 10,000 English soldiers; defeat of the French.
Signing of the Solemn League and Covenant, "even to the knife," by Scottish Lords of the Congregation.
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[60] Sometimes given as 1530.