Modern World History GG

By gemmag
  • Martin Luther Writes 95 theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther Writes 95 theses

    that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds.
  • Edict of worms
    Apr 25, 1521

    Edict of worms

    issued the Edict of Worms, which basically forbade anyone to shelter Martin Luther or provide him with aid.
  • Peasants War
    1524

    Peasants War

    Due to the high taxes and little power and reformers preaching freedom tens of thousand German peasants rebelled and stormed the castle. Which is known as th peasants war
  • Italian war
    1527

    Italian war

    France and Spain fought over the Italian peninsula and Italian peninsula would bounce between both powers. This is specifically when France invaded Italy.
  • Swiss Civil War
    1531

    Swiss Civil War

    War broke out between the Swiss protestants and the Catholics over religion
  • Anabaptists settle in Munster
    1533

    Anabaptists settle in Munster

    The Anabaptists were a group who believed that the church and state should be separate and that people should be re baptized if baptized as a child and or choose to be baptized into Christianity.
  • 1534

    Jesuit order founded

    n the wake of an injury he sustained in battle, Ignatius came to study the lives of the saints, and carefully examined the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the followers were called Jesuits
  • Jesuit Order Founded
    1534

    Jesuit Order Founded

    The Jesuit Order was made by Ignites which was a better system for schooling and building schools. And in the schools the people were taught classical theology studies.
  • Thomas More Exacuted
    Jul 6, 1535

    Thomas More Exacuted

    refused to submit to the act of supremacy and was "found guilty of treason"
  • John Calvins Institutes of Christian Religion
    1536

    John Calvins Institutes of Christian Religion

    ohn Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology
  • Scotland becomes Calvinist
    1540

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    Scotland took up calvinism and underwent a following of strict rules, religion classes no bright clothing, no card games and anyone who preached anything else was executed and or excommunicated.
  • Start of The Roman Inqustion
    1542

    Start of The Roman Inqustion

    It was to impose religious unity and convert muslims, jews, and protestants and used very harsh ways like torture to do so.
  • Council of Trent
    Dec 13, 1545

    Council of Trent

    The council of Trent was a council made up of Catholic bishops and cardinals from Italy and Spain who were to agree on many doctrines.
  • Peace of Augsburg
    Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    The Peace of Augsburg was the religious resolution to a conflict started in 1517 by Martin Luther's 95 Theses
  • Act of Supremacy
    1558

    Act of Supremacy

    When Pope Clement VII refused to approve the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, the English Parliament, at Henry's insistence, passed a series of acts that separated the English church from the Roman hierarchy and in 1534 made the English monarch the head of the English church.
  • Reign of Elizabeth l
    1558

    Reign of Elizabeth l

    wanted to return her people to Protetesantism. Created the Church of England where she was the head.
  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    Catholic Mobs hunted Protestant and slaughtered them with no mercy on St. Bartholomews Day, the massacre lasted 6 months and up to 12,000 Huguenots were killed.
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    After fighting against the Catholic for four years the fighting ended when their leader Henry became Catholic, creating peace among the land. The edicts granted religious freedom from the protestants