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john knox

  • Period: 1514 to 1570

    john knox

  • 1532

    University of St. Andrews

    john was sent by his father to study at the University of St. Andrews
  • John Knox converts
    1543

    John Knox converts

    He switches from Protestantism from Roman Catholicism after reading John 17
  • 1547

    1st preatch

    he preaches his 1st sermon in the parish church of St. Andrews Castle
  • Slave
    1547

    Slave

    John Knox is a slave rowing on French ships for three years
  • flees to Geneva
    1553

    flees to Geneva

    After the death of Mary I he was forced to resign from his place and go to Geneva
  • 1554

    From geneava to frankfert to scotland

    soon retuned to geneava
  • 1556

    preaching

    he startsa preach mission throughout Scotland
  • 1558

    Monstrous Regiment of Women

    In Geneva John Knox starts a trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
  • John in Geneva
    1559

    John in Geneva

    In Geneva john Knox meets John Calvin and becomes a minister of the English church.
  • Reformation in scotland
    1560

    Reformation in scotland

    In Scotland he started the Reformation in Scotland, were he was to create a new confession of faith so he wrote write out a set of beliefs called the “Scots Confession of 1560 along with John Winram, John Spottiswood, John Douglas, John Row, and John Willock.
  • before deth
    1569

    before deth

    John know was best know was a very successful Protestant reformer. He was preaching till the day he died. He had a large stroke. Right before his death they took him away from the conflict and to he ended up in St Andrew's preaching to the moment he died.
  • john in scotland
    1570

    john in scotland

    The High Kirk of Edinburgh he was a minister from 1560 to 1572.
  • 1571

    cloce call

    A bullet was shot through the window of johns study but misses
  • 1572

    deth

    November 24th after hearing his wife read aloud John 17 he dies in his bed at Edinburgh at 58 yrs old
  • 1572

    dead

    He was buried next to St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland