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1598 BCE
Edict of Nantes
Granted the Calvinist Protestants of France, also known as Huguenots, substantial rights in the nation, which was mostly Catholic. -
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. -
1560 BCE
Scotland becomes Calvinist
Scotland underwent a Protestant Reformation that created a mainly Calvinist national church. -
1555 BCE
Peace of Augsburg
A treaty between Charles V, Holy roman emperor and the Schmalkaldic league. -
1545 BCE
Council of Trent
The formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation. -
1542 BCE
Start of Roman Inquisition
Designed to fight Protestantism, which was defined as heresy in Catholic territoritory. -
1540 BCE
Jesuit order founded
The Jesuit movement was founded by Ignatius de Loyola, a Spanish soldier. -
1536 BCE
John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion
A defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. -
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. -
1524 BCE
Peasant’s War
Peasants in western and southern Germany used law to demand rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords. -
1517 BCE
Martin Luther Writes 95 Theses
Luther wrote these 95 Theses, as an attack against the people selling indulgences. -
1494 BCE
Italian Wars
A series of conflicts covering the period 1494 to 1559, fought mostly in the Italian peninsula. -
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
1) developed analytical geometry
2) developed rules for deductive reasoning