Events on 6 May 53
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Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
Year 1536
The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
Year 1536
King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
Year 1659
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
Year 1757
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
Year 1757
The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).
Year 1757
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
Year 1782
Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
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