modern world history Addison

By Adbartholomay
  • 1494

    Italian war

    Italian war
    This happened between the French and Spanish over the control of Italy territory. Later the Spanish won.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther Wirtes 95 Theses

    Martin Luther Wirtes 95 Theses
    Martin took a public stand towards johan Tetzel about him selling indulgences. Indulgences are things that forgive your sins and like you go to heave. Martin thought that selling those was wrong because you shouldn't gain money over that.
  • 1520

    John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion

    John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion
    The Institutes are books they were published by John Calvin. The books were about God, Salvation, and human nature.
  • 1524

    Peasants War

    Peasants War
    This war was caused by the government rising taxes after the reformation. With the government doing that the peasants stormed castles and did many other things despite them.
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy in England

    Act of Supremacy in England
    The supremacy gave Henry VIII right to be the supreme head of the Church of England.
  • 1540

    Jesuit order founded

    Jesuit order founded
    This was founded by Ignatius of Loyola, and he sent out missionaries to convert the people to Christianity.
  • 1542

    Start of Roman Inquisition

    Start of Roman Inquisition
    The start of the roman inquisition was the roman government using force and torture to make people confess if they were fully catholic.
  • 1545

    Council of Trent

    Council of Trent
    The church had 4 main rules

    1. The church is the official interrupter of the bible
    2. To go to heaven, you had to have good faith and good works
    3. The bible and the church only directed Catholics
    4. Indulgences are ok to buy to forgive sins but you can't sell them
  • 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Peace of Augsburg
    This setlment was based on a prince agreing on having each ruler of an area would chose the religion that area would practice.
  • 1558

    Reign of Elizabeth I

    Reign of Elizabeth I
    She reformed England to Protestantism. This spread across European countries and grew worldwide.
  • 1560

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    Scotland becomes Calvinist
    John Knox became the leader of Scottish reformation and then later turned the church into Calvinism.
  • 1572

    St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

    St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
    The Catholics started to disagree with the Huguenots and later hunting and killed many of them for months.

  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes
    The Huguenots has been fighting with the Catholics for many years but then Henry of Navarre the leader of the Huguenots later converted, and the Catholics excepted him as king. Then 1598 henrys Edict of Nantes granted religious freedom to protestents.