On this day in Tudor history, 27th August, the Battle of Dussindale ended Kett's Rebellion when forces led by John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, defeated the rebels, and the English and Imperial forces stormed St Quentin...
- 1549 - The Battle of Dussindale took place, ending Kett's Rebellion in Norfolk. Click here to read more or see video below.
- 1557 – The storming of St Quentin by English and Imperial forces. Admiral de Coligny and his French troops, numbering only a thousand, were overcome by around 60,000 soldiers, and St Quentin fell. Henry Dudley, the youngest son of the late John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was killed by a cannonball during the storming. See video below.
- 1590 – Death of Pope Sixtus V at Rome.
- 1610 – Funeral of Lady Anne Bacon (née Cooke), mother of Sir Francis Bacon, at St Michael's Church, near St Albans. Anne was the daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, and was known for her translation of John Jewel's “Apologie of the Church of England”.
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