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1494
Italian war
King Charles VII of France invaded Italy, This began a series of war. France and Spain fought for control over Italy. A important Impact Of the war was that it helped expose the rest of Europe to the ideas of the Italian Renaissance. -
1517
Martin Luther writes 95 theses
Luther wrote criticism of indulgences and sent them to the Archbishop of Mainz. -
1521
Edict of Worms
A set of laws that said that no one could give food and shelter to Martin Luther, all his books were to be burned. -
1524
Peasants War
Tens of thousands of German peasants had stormed castles the reason why they did this was because of high taxes, and unequal power. -
1531
Swiss Civil war
Swiss protestants and catholics had broke out into a war Zwingli had died. -
1532
Act of Supremacy
Henry IV head of the Church of England. -
1535
Thomas More Executed
Refused to take the oath of supremacy and quilt of hieghtreasny. -
1535
Anabaptists settle in Muster
They said that the Anabaptist threatened society, and they had fled to Muster. They had became forerunners of the Mennonites and the Amish. -
1536
John Calvin institutes of the Christian Religion
Expresses ideas about god, salvation, and human nature. It was a summary of Protestant theology, or religion beliefs. -
1540
Jesuit order Founded
Ignatius of Loyola had gathered followers created religious order called society of Zeus, they were called jesuit and they focused on three activities. -
1542
Start of Roman inquistion
The purpose is to Impose religious uniformity, especially on converted jews and muslims. -
1545
Council of Trent
Catholic bishops an cardinals agreed on several doctrines. -
1555
peace of Augsburg
Agreement on all the princes could choose the region they wanted to teach their religion. -
1559
Reign of Elizabeth
Established a state church with moderate catholics and moderate protestants. -
1560
Scotland becomes Calvinst
He admired Geneva and helped spread Calvinist. -
1572
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
The Catholics had killed French Protestants. -
Edict of Nantes
King Henry IV signed Edict of Nantes and allowed most Calvinist Protestants of France rights in the nation, which was mostly Catholic.