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1495: Henry VII is king of England. Catholicism is still the religion of the country and will remain so for the next thirty years.

Today: Because of a bloody history of oppression and suppression, anti-Catholic feelings in Great Britain have remained high since the mid-sixteenth century when Mary I had Protestants burned at the stake.

1495: The Black Death (also known as the Plague), continues to claim lives. The death toll has decreased from the fourteenth...

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