HWestCivCh1Sec3

  • Oct 1, 1530

    Counter Reformation begins in Catholic Churches

  • Oct 1, 1531

    Zwingli Died in a battle between Catholics and Protestants but Calvin carried on his work in Switzerland

  • Period: Oct 1, 1534 to Oct 1, 1549

    Reign of Pope Paul III

  • Oct 1, 1536

    Institutes of the Christian Religion is published

  • Oct 1, 1536

    Calvin settles in the city of Geneva

  • Oct 1, 1550

    After 1550 the religious conflict in Europe was dominated by followers of John Calvin, Leading the Counter-Reformation

  • Oct 1, 1562

    The Huguenots defended themselves from the Catholics in a series of bloody wars

  • Oct 1, 1564

    John Calvin Dies

  • King Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes which gave the Huguenots religious freedom

  • The Calvanist churches were some of the most powerful Protestant Churches in Europe