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Events on Tuesday 6 October 1536 1
1494 – 1536William Tyndale (1494-1536)Died 6 October 1536, aged 42William Tyndale, whose English translation of the Bible from Hebrew and Greek shaped the King James Version, was strangled and burned at the stake near Brussels for heresy. His translation had been condemned by English and Catholic authorities for undermining church doctrine. His work became foundational to English-language Protestantism.