Europe (1500s)

Question 1

Martin Luther was declared a heretic by the Holy Roman Empire following this 1521 assembly meeting.

Answer 1

Diet of Worms

Question 2

According to legend, which Portuguese king (who disappeared in 1578 at the battle of Alcácer Quibir and was presumed dead) will one day return and lead the nation to a new golden age?

Answer 2

Sebastian I

Question 3

In 1518, Strasbourg experienced a plague of what?

Answer 3

Dancing

Question 4

A 1572 massacre directed against the Huguenots by Roman Catholics during the French Wars of Religion occurred on the eve of what man’s feast day, whose name is often connected to the event?

Answer 4

St. Bartholomew