#OTD in Tudor history – 10 January

#OTD in Tudor history events for today include the birth of an influential woman, the printing of an important book and a burning.

Here are a few events that took place on 10th January in the reigns of the Tudor kings and queens...

• 1480 - Margaret of Austria (Princess of Asturias and Duchess of Savoy) was born to her parents, Maximilian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy. See the video below.
• 1514 – Completion and printing of the first section of the “Complutensian NewTestament” in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin at Alcala, Spain.

• 1532 – Probable date of the burning of Thomas Dusgate (also known as Thomas Benet), Protestant martyr, at Liverydole in Heavitree, near Exeter. See the video below.
• 1603 – Probable date of death of Arthur Dent, religious writer and Church of England clergyman, from a fever. Dent's works included his “Sermon of Repentance”, “The Plaine-Mans Pathway to Heaven” and “The Ruine of Rome, or, An Exposition upon the Whole Revelation”. Click here to read more about Arthur Dent.