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Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (died 1705)

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Titus Oates

English minister and fabricator of the Popish Plot

Titus Oates was an English priest who fabricated the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.
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Popish Plot

Fictitious conspiracy causing anti-Catholic hysteria affecting England, Scotland, and Ireland

The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy invented by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria. Oates alleged that there was an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II, accusations that led to…
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September 15

Day of the year

September 15 is the 258th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 107 days remain until the end of the year.
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