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1494
Italian Wars
When Charles VII invaded Italy, it started a long battle where control when between France and Italy. -
1517
Martin Luther Writes 95 Theses
Marthin Luther wrote the 95 theses to show that buying indulgences was not a teaching of the Bible. -
1521
Edict of Worms
The Edict of Worms was a decree issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1521 that condemned Martin Luther as a heretic and outlawed his writings and teachings. -
1524
Peasant's War
Germans peasants stormed castles and other places because of high taxes and a lack of power. -
1531
Swiss Civil War
Zwingli (Swiss protestants) and Catholics got into a fight over religion because the Swiss wanted an Indvidual religion. -
1533
Anabaptists settle in Münster
They fled there because they didn't want to get persecuted for not being Catholics or Protestant. -
1534
Acts of Supremacy in England
The Acts of Supremacy in England two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England made by Henery the VIII. -
1535
Thomas More executed
Thomas More did not want to accept and give an oath to the Act of supremacy, so he was killed. -
1536
John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
This book expressed ideas about God, salvation, and human nature. It was a summary of Protestant theology, or religious beliefs. -
1540
Jesuits order founded
The pope made a group called the Society of Jesus and the member were called Jesuits and followed three rules. -
1542
Start of Roman Inquisition
the main purpose of the Inquisition was to impose religious uniformity, especially on converted Jews and Muslims, and later, on Protestants. -
1545
Council of Trent
Catholics bishops agreed on doctrines that included how they should be teaching different topics like salvation and others -
1555
Peace of Augsburg
The peace of Augsburg was a treaty that ended the conflict between Catholics and Lutherans . -
1559
Reign of Elizabeth I
She made the church moderate for both Protestants and Catholics by using both practices -
1560
Scotland becomes Calvinist
John Knox heard about Calvinisim and changed a few things and they became Presbyterians. -
Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Catholics and Huguenots started fighting and on that day at dawn, Catholic mobs began hunting for Protestants and murdering them. -
Edict of Nantes
When leader Henry of Navarre became king, he granted religious freedom to Protestants.