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  • Italian Wars
    1494

    Italian Wars

    King Charles VII of France invaded italy. A series of battles between France and Spain occurred fighting over the Italian peninsula.
  • Martin Luthor writes the 95 Theses
    1517

    Martin Luthor writes the 95 Theses

    The 95 Theses contained all of Luthor's gripes with the catholic church.
  • Edict of Worms
    1521

    Edict of Worms

    Emperor Charles V published a edict saying that Luthor should be outlawed and was pronounced a heretic.
  • Peasant's War
    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.
  • Swiss Civil War
    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
  • Anabaptists settle in Munster
    1533

    Anabaptists settle in Munster

    when the Catholics and Protestants threatened the Anabaptists, they fled and left to Munster
  • Act of Supremacy
    1534

    Act of Supremacy

    the king of England was declared the head of the church of England.
  • Thomas More Executed
    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.
  • John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
    1536

    John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion

    He wrote about God, salvation and human nature.
  • Jesuit Order Founded
    1540

    Jesuit Order Founded

    The Jesuit Order were the members of the society of Jesus. It was started by ignatius of loyola.
  • Start of Roman Inquisition
    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.
  • Council of trent
    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
  • Peace of Augsberg
    1555

    Peace of Augsberg

    It was declared that german princes would be able to decide their state's religion.
  • Reign of Elizabeth
    1558

    Reign of Elizabeth

    After her sister mary died, Queen Elizabeth the first took to the throne.
  • Scotland becomes Calvinist
    1559

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    when John Knox returned from Geneva, he introduced their idea (Calvinism) to scotland.
  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    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

    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.