Modern World History - HC

  • Edict of Nantes
    1598 BCE

    Edict of Nantes

    Granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was mostly Catholic.
  • St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
    1572 BCE

    St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

    A targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.
  • Scotland becomes Calvinist
    1560 BCE

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    Scotland underwent a Protestant Reformation that created a mainly Calvinist national church.
  • Peace of Augsburg
    1555 BCE

    Peace of Augsburg

    A treaty between Charles V, Holy roman emperor and the Schmalkaldic league.
  • Council of Trent
    1545 BCE

    Council of Trent

    The formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation.
  • Start of Roman Inquisition
    1542 BCE

    Start of Roman Inquisition

    Designed to fight Protestantism, which was defined as heresy in Catholic territoritory.
  • Jesuit order founded
    1540 BCE

    Jesuit order founded

    The Jesuit movement was founded by Ignatius de Loyola, a Spanish soldier.
  • John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion
    1536 BCE

    John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion

    A defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology.
  • Act of Supremacy in England
    1534 BCE

    Act of Supremacy in England

    It defined the right of Henry VIII to be supreme head on earth of the Church of England.
  • Peasant’s War
    1524 BCE

    Peasant’s War

    Peasants in western and southern Germany used law to demand rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords.
  • Martin Luther Writes 95 Theses
    1517 BCE

    Martin Luther Writes 95 Theses

    Luther wrote these 95 Theses, as an attack against the people selling indulgences.
  • Italian Wars
    1494 BCE

    Italian Wars

    A series of conflicts covering the period 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula.
  • Reign of Elizabeth I
    1485 BCE

    Reign of Elizabeth I

    During it a secure Church of England was established. It was a compromise between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
  • Rene Descartes publishes The Discourse On Methods

    Rene Descartes publishes The Discourse On Methods

    1) developed analytical geometry
    2) developed rules for deductive reasoning