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1526
Franciscan missionaries arrive in what is now Florida.
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1534
St. Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus
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1534
King Henry VII of England breaks England from the Catholic Church after the pope refuses to allow him a divorce
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1535
St. Thomas More is executed by Henry VII
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1536
Henry VII dissolves all monasteries and convents in England and Ireland.
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1541
First Franciscan explorations in what is now California
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1549
Jesuit missionaries arrive in the Far East
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Period: 1562 to 1582
St. Teresa of Avila founds Discalced Carmelite convents throughout Spain
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St. Peter Claver arrives in Columbia