Births on July 24

Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Born on July 24, 1529

Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1577)

Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (born 24 July 1529 in Pforzheim; died 23 March 1577 in Durlach), nicknamed Charles with the bag, governed the Margravate of Durlach from 1552 to 1577. On 1 June 1556 Charles issued a new Church Order, which made Lutheranism the official religion in Baden-Durlach.

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Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

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Events on 1529

19 Apr

Protestation at Speyer
Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
21 Jun

Battle of Landriano
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cognac.