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The cofounder of the Society of Jesus. Led a large mission to Asia. Helped spread Catholicism to India and Japan
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Born in 1491,Founder of the Jesuits. His conversion experience came after he was hit in the leg with a cannon ball.
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Elizabeth I becomes the regnant queen of England and Ireland. The last monarch of the Tudor Dynasty.
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A fight between mostly Catholics and Protestants. Both sides fighting over Houses in France. These last until 1598.
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Galileo and William Shakespeare are born. Michalangelo and Calvin both die.
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Born in 1550 and died in 1568. Is a ver popular saint among the Polish community.He entered the Jesuits when he was only 17 and later foretold his death a few days be fore it happened.
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Was born the 4th Duke of Gandia and later became the 3rd Superior General of the Jesuits. Founded what would become Gregorian University.
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The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Act of Abjuration. Public Practice of Roman Catholicism is prohibited.
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An English Jesuit, who was marytered as a traitor who would not reject his faith in order to accept the Anglican way and survive.
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Ivan the Terrible dies, ruler of Russia since 1533.
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Was a part of the prestigious House of Gonzaga. He gave up the right of inheritence in order to become a Jesuit.He volunteered in a Jesuit hospital during the plague.
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The Seven Years War between Japan and Korea begins in 1592.
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The probable first performance of Shakespeare's Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, and A MIdsummer Nights Dream in London.
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An important Jesuit who fought against the spread of Protestantism. Also he is credited with the restoration of the Catholic Church in Germany after the Reformation.
