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May 2, 1559
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
John Knox
John Knox was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Church of Scotland.
Scottish Reformation
The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland. It forms part of the wider European 16th-century Protestant Reformation.