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Birth of John Foxe

England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1516

John Foxe1516

Boston · House / House of Tudor

John Foxe is born in Lincolnshire and later compiles the Protestant martyrology that becomes one of the most influential works of Elizabethan religious culture.

Names involved

John Foxe

Provenance

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