Event
The inaugural session of the Diet of Worms (Wormser Reichstag)
26 Mar 1495 · 49.63° N, 8.36° E
What the records say
- When
- 26 Mar 1495
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 49.63° N, 8.36° E
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Worms, Germany.
Summary
The inaugural session of the Diet of Worms (Wormser Reichstag), a gathering of the electors and princes of the Holy Roman Empire to discuss reforms of the government, is opened at Worms, Germany, by Maximilian I, the acting Holy Roman Emperor.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Der Reichstag zu Worms wird vom römisch-deutschen König Maximilian I. eröffnet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page