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The Diet of Augsburg

The meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire were held on 2 February 1555.

Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume 55 Issue 2 February 2005

Saxon chancellor Christian Beyer proclaiming the Augsburg Confession in the presence of Emperor Charles V, 1530.

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