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1096
Peter the Hermit, a native of Amiens in France, leads 20,000 commoners out of Cologne on the Peasants' Crusade.
1139
The Second Lateran Council (10th ecumenical council) opens in Rome. Convened at the Lateran Palace, Rome, by Pope Innocent II, the council attempted to heal the wounds left by the schism of the antipope Anacletus II (d. 1138) and condemned the theories of Arnold of Brescia.
1190
Philip II Augustus of France arrives at Acre to participate in the Third Crusade.
1191
Philip II Augustus of France arrives to aid the Crusaders besieging Acre. Philip spends much of his time building siege engines and harassing the defenders on the walls.
1192
Conrad of Monteferrat learns that king Richard now supported his claim on the throne of Jerusalem. Richard had previously supported Guy of Lusignan, but when he learned that none of the local barons supported Guy in any way, he chose not to oppose them. In order to prevent a civil war from breaking out, Richard would later sell the island of Cyprus to Guy, whose descendants would continue to rule it for another two centuries.
1314
Pope Clement V died.
1441
During the Council of Florence (1438-45), Pope Eugene IV issued the bull "Etsi non dubitemus," asserting the superiority of the pope over ecumenical councils.
1505
Philibert of Luxembourg ordered the expulsion of all the Jews in Orange, Burgandy.
1529
At the Second Diet of Speyer, the term "Protestant" was first used to describe to participants of the Reformation. The word was taken from the "Protestatio," a statement by the Reformers that challenged the empire's handling of religion.
1884
Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry".
1884
Pope Leo XIII, in his encyclical Humanum genus, rejected the idea that humans have equal rights and should be sovereign.
1914
Because of his split with Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung resigned as president of the International Psychoanalytic Association.
1943
In Poland, Nazi troops massacred the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
1983
Argued: Marsh v. Chambers
The Supreme Court would permit the practice of beginning the legislative sessions in Nebraska with a prayer given by the publicly funded chaplain.
1987
In Columbus, Ohio, three smaller Lutheran groups merged to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), becoming the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. It was not officially incorporated, however, until the next year.
2006
Good Friday is celebrated in Western Christendom. On this date Christians commemorate of the crucifixion of Jesus and other related events.
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