AD 1500-1800 (Witness of the Saints)

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  • 1526

    Franciscan missionaries arrive in what is now Florida

    arrive in what is now Florida
  • 1534

    1534

    St. Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
  • 1534

    1534

    King Henry VIII of England breaks England from the Catholic Church after the pope refuses to allow him a divorce
  • 1535

    1535

    St. Thomas More is executed by Henry VIII
  • 1536

    1536

    Henry VIII dissolves all monasteries and convents in England and Ireland
  • 1541

    1541

    First Franciscan explorations in what is now California
  • 1549

    1549

    Jesuit missionaries arrive in the Far East
  • Period: 1562 to 1582

    St. Teresa of Avila

    founds Discalced Carmelite convents throughout Spain

  • 1611

    St. Peter Claver arrives in Colombia