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1494
Italian Wars
King Charles VII of France invaded italy. A series of battles between France and Spain occurred fighting over the Italian peninsula. -
1517
Martin Luthor writes the 95 Theses
The 95 Theses contained all of Luthor's gripes with the catholic church. -
1521
Edict of Worms
Emperor Charles V published a edict saying that Luthor should be outlawed and was pronounced a heretic. -
1524
Peasant's War
Peasants were upset with the lack of power and the excess of taxes. Reformation preachers stirred their anger and thousands of peasants stormed castles and monasteries. -
1531
Swiss Civil War
Huldrych Zwingli had problems with the Church in switzerland. when his reforms were adopted war broke out between Swiss Protestants and Catholics -
1533
Anabaptists settle in Munster
when the Catholics and Protestants threatened the Anabaptists, they fled and left to Munster -
1534
Act of Supremacy
the king of England was declared the head of the church of England. -
1535
Thomas More Executed
Thomas did not agree with King Henry's decision to become the head of the church of England. He was found guilty of high treason for disagreeing and executed. -
1536
John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
He wrote about God, salvation and human nature. -
1540
Jesuit Order Founded
The Jesuit Order were the members of the society of Jesus. It was started by ignatius of loyola. -
1542
Start of Roman Inquisition
The purpose was to enforce religion on to converted Jewish people, Muslims and Protestants. They used things like torture to punish heresy. -
1545
Council of trent
The council of trent was a board of catholic bishops. they debated and agreed on rules the catholic church would need to follow -
1555
Peace of Augsberg
It was declared that german princes would be able to decide their state's religion. -
1558
Reign of Elizabeth
After her sister mary died, Queen Elizabeth the first took to the throne. -
1559
Scotland becomes Calvinist
when John Knox returned from Geneva, he introduced their idea (Calvinism) to scotland. -
Sep 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
In France huguenots and catholics often clashed. The most violent of these clashes, St. bartholomew's day. At dawn, catholics started hunting all of them down. -
Edict of Nantes
Huguenots fought against catholics for years. It changed when their leader, Henry of Navarre became catholic. The edict granted religious freedom for protestants.