Modern World History GG

By gemmag
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther Writes 95 theses

    Martin Luther Writes 95 theses
    that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds.
  • Apr 25, 1521

    Edict of worms

    Edict of worms
    issued the Edict of Worms, which basically forbade anyone to shelter Martin Luther or provide him with aid.
  • 1524

    Peasants War

    Peasants War
    Due to the high taxes and little power and reformers preaching freedom tens of thousand German peasants rebelled and stormed the castle. Which is known as th peasants war
  • 1527

    Italian war

    Italian war
    France and Spain fought over the Italian peninsula and Italian peninsula would bounce between both powers. This is specifically when France invaded Italy.
  • 1531

    Swiss Civil War

    Swiss Civil War
    War broke out between the Swiss protestants and the Catholics over religion
  • 1533

    Anabaptists settle in Munster

    Anabaptists settle in Munster
    The Anabaptists were a group who believed that the church and state should be separate and that people should be re baptized if baptized as a child and or choose to be baptized into Christianity.
  • 1534

    Jesuit order founded

    n the wake of an injury he sustained in battle, Ignatius came to study the lives of the saints, and carefully examined the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the followers were called Jesuits
  • 1534

    Jesuit Order Founded

    Jesuit Order Founded
    The Jesuit Order was made by Ignites which was a better system for schooling and building schools. And in the schools the people were taught classical theology studies.
  • Jul 6, 1535

    Thomas More Exacuted

    Thomas More Exacuted
    refused to submit to the act of supremacy and was "found guilty of treason"
  • 1536

    John Calvins Institutes of Christian Religion

    John Calvins Institutes of Christian Religion
    ohn Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology
  • 1540

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    Scotland becomes Calvinist
    Scotland took up calvinism and underwent a following of strict rules, religion classes no bright clothing, no card games and anyone who preached anything else was executed and or excommunicated.
  • 1542

    Start of The Roman Inqustion

    Start of The Roman Inqustion
    It was to impose religious unity and convert muslims, jews, and protestants and used very harsh ways like torture to do so.
  • Dec 13, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Council of Trent
    The council of Trent was a council made up of Catholic bishops and cardinals from Italy and Spain who were to agree on many doctrines.
  • Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Peace of Augsburg
    The Peace of Augsburg was the religious resolution to a conflict started in 1517 by Martin Luther's 95 Theses
  • 1558

    Act of Supremacy

    Act of Supremacy
    When Pope Clement VII refused to approve the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, the English Parliament, at Henry's insistence, passed a series of acts that separated the English church from the Roman hierarchy and in 1534 made the English monarch the head of the English church.
  • 1558

    Reign of Elizabeth l

    Reign of Elizabeth l
    wanted to return her people to Protetesantism. Created the Church of England where she was the head.
  • 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    Catholic Mobs hunted Protestant and slaughtered them with no mercy on St. Bartholomews Day, the massacre lasted 6 months and up to 12,000 Huguenots were killed.
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes
    After fighting against the Catholic for four years the fighting ended when their leader Henry became Catholic, creating peace among the land. The edicts granted religious freedom from the protestants