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Oct 1, 1500
Zwingli meets Luther
Huldrych Zwingli me Luther and they talked about religion, for the most part they sgreed on the doctrine but they disagreed on the forms of worship -
Oct 1, 1531
Zwingli dies
Zwingli dies in a batttle between catholics and protestans. John Calvin carried on the work of the reformation in Switzerland. -
Oct 1, 1534
Pope Paul the third
Pope paul the third was selected as the next pope of rome. The pope brought with him medival inquisition and various different torture techniques from the medival days -
Oct 1, 1536
Calvins new rules
Calvin formulated a complete and clear set of belifs , 'The Institutes of the Christian Religion." This strengthened Calvins followers against prosecution. -
Oct 1, 1536
Calvin moves to Geneva
Calvin moved to the city of Geneva. Sooon after the city was so influenced by Calvin it was tured into a thocracy. The new laws in Geneva were very strict and violation of the laws lead to violent punishment. -
Oct 1, 1536
The spread of Calvinism
Calvinism began to spread to france where it became known as Huguenots. Calvinists controlled one third of the country at one point. -
Oct 2, 1545
Council of Trent
In 1545 Pope paul the third summoned church leaders to the italian city of Trent. The Council of Trent which met in three sessions from 1545-1563, defined official church doctrine with the same precision Calvin had used to define his faith. -
Oct 2, 1559
Forbidden books
Pope Paul the fourth introuduced the Index of forbidden books. this were books written that wen tagainst the beliefs of the catholic church. -
Oct 2, 1562
Huguenots war
The huguenots defended themselves in a series of violent wars with the catholics -
Edict of Nantes
King Henery IV issued the Edict of Nantes which gave the Huguenots the freedom to worsjip and some political rights