Modern World History - BC

By cornon1
  • martin luther writes the 95 theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    martin luther writes the 95 theses

    formal statements attacking the "pardon-merchants"
  • edict of worms
    1522

    edict of worms

    an order outlaw and heretic because of what Luther believed went against the teachings.
  • jesuit order founded
    1522

    jesuit order founded

    members of the religious order, society of jesus, who:
    - founded schools
    - trained theology and classical studies
    - converted non-christians and catholics
    - sent out missionaries to stop protestanism
  • swiss civil war
    1531

    swiss civil war

    war between the swiss and catholics broke out mainly over religion
  • acts of supremacy in england
    1534

    acts of supremacy in england

    defined the right of henry VIII to be supreme head of the english church, thereby severing ecclesiastical links with Rome.
  • anabaptists settle in müster
    1534

    anabaptists settle in müster

    anabaptists including Leiden began settling in münster. they remained very active yet covert, and managed to attract a large number of followers.
  • council of trent
    1534

    council of trent

    was a council held by catholic clergy to reform abuses and errors in the church and affirm traditional church teachings and authority
  • john calvin's institutes of the christian religion
    1536

    john calvin's institutes of the christian religion

    a book about expresed ideas about God, salvation, and human nature
  • thomas more executed
    1536

    thomas more executed

    his legacy has long survived his execution for treason, the tower of london
  • start of roman inquisition
    1542

    start of roman inquisition

    pope paul III in established in rome the congregation of the inquisition
  • council of trent
    1549

    council of trent

    was a council held by catholic clergy to reform abuses and errors in the church and affirm traditional church teachings and authority
  • peasants war
    1552

    peasants war

    the biggest uprising in western europe before the french revolution which invoked divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords
  • peace of augsburg
    1555

    peace of augsburg

    each ruler would decide the religion of his state
  • reign of elizabeth
    1558

    reign of elizabeth

    • she restores the protestant church
    • only legal church in england
    • established the state church that moderate catholics and moderate protestants both accept
    • through this she brought religious peace
  • italian wars
    1559

    italian wars

    • a series of violent wars for control of Italy
    • fought largely by france and spain but involving much of europe
  • scotland became calvinist
    1560

    scotland became calvinist

    scotland underwent a protestant reformation that created a predominately calvinist national kirk, which was strongly presbyterian in outlook
  • st. bartholomew's day massacre
    Aug 24, 1572

    st. bartholomew's day massacre

    a widespread slaughter of french protestants by Catholics lasting over two months, resulting in the deaths of between 5,000 and 25,000 people
  • edict of nantes

    edict of nantes

    effectively ended the french wars of religion by granting official tolerance to protestantism
  • my birth

    my birth

    i was literally the cutest ever to be born and i was literally a christmas merical 😋