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Jul 10, 1509
John Calvin was born
John Calvin was born in Noyon, Picardy, France -
Jan 1, 1536
John Calvin beliefs
His biggest teaching was divine predestenation - God only selected a few to heaven. regardless of their good work or faith. -
Jan 1, 1538
Background
Born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, Picardy, France, John Calvin was a law student at the University of Orléans when he first joined the cause of the Reformation. In 1536, he published the landmark text Institutes of the Christian Religion, an early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestantism. -
Period: Jan 1, 1541 to Jan 1, 1555
Getting kicked out and accepted back in
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Jan 1, 1545
What he did
While instituting many positive policies, Calvin's government also punished "impiety" and dissent against his particularly spare vision of Christianity with execution. In the first five years of his rule in Geneva, 58 people were executed and 76 exiled for their religious beliefs. Calvin allowed no art other than music, and even that could not involve instruments. Under his rule, Geneva became the center of Protestantism, and sent out pastors to the rest of Europe, creating Presbyterianism in Sc -
Jan 1, 1555
Leading Figure of Reformation
Calvin lived in Geneva briefly, until anti-Protestant authorities in 1538 forced him to leave. He was invited back again in 1541, and upon his return from Germany, where he had been living, he became an important spiritual and political leader. Calvin used Protestant principles to establish a religious government; and in 1555, he was given absolute supremacy as leader in Geneva. -
May 27, 1564
John Calvin died
John Calvin died in Geneva, Switzerland
