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1517
Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
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1521
Pope excommunicates Luther
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1534
Henry VIII seeks to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
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1534
Parliament approves the formation of the English Church (Act of Supremacy)
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1536
John Calvin publishes The Institutes of the Christian Religion
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1540
Ignatius Loyola founds the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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1541
John Calvin establishes a theocracy in Geneva, Switzerland
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1545
Pope Paul III begins the Council of Trent
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1555
Peace of Augsburg recognizes the Lutheran Church
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1558
Henry VIII Protestant daughter Elizabeth takes the throne upon the death of her Catholic sister Mary, solidifying the Protestantism’s place in England.