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Caspar Peucer
1525Jan, 6

Caspar Peucer

Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar (d. 1602)
Caspar Peucer (pronounced , German: [ˈbɔɪkɐ]; June 1, 1525 – September 25, 1602) was a German reformer, physician, and scholar of Sorbian origin.

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  • 21Jan

    Anabaptist

    The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
  • 24Feb

    Battle of Pavia

    A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
  • 15May

    Battle of Frankenhausen

    Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.