Modern World History- KE

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  • Italian Wars
    1494

    Italian Wars

    When Charles VII invaded Italy, it started a long battle where control when between France and Italy.
  • Martin Luther Writes 95 Theses
    1517

    Martin Luther Writes 95 Theses

    Marthin Luther wrote the 95 theses to show that buying indulgences was not a teaching of the Bible.
  • Edict of Worms
    1521

    Edict of Worms

    The Edict of Worms was a decree issued by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1521 that condemned Martin Luther as a heretic and outlawed his writings and teachings.
  • Peasant's War
    1524

    Peasant's War

    Germans peasants stormed castles and other places because of high taxes and a lack of power.
  • Swiss Civil War
    1531

    Swiss Civil War

    Zwingli (Swiss protestants) and Catholics got into a fight over religion because the Swiss wanted an Indvidual religion.
  • Anabaptists settle in Münster
    1533

    Anabaptists settle in Münster

    They fled there because they didn't want to get persecuted for not being Catholics or Protestant.
  • Acts of Supremacy in England
    1534

    Acts of Supremacy in England

    The Acts of Supremacy in England two acts passed by the Parliament of England in the 16th century that established the English monarchs as the head of the Church of England made by Henery the VIII.
  • Thomas More executed
    1535

    Thomas More executed

    Thomas More did not want to accept and give an oath to the Act of supremacy, so he was killed.
  • John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
    1536

    John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion

    This book expressed ideas about God, salvation, and human nature. It was a summary of Protestant theology, or religious beliefs.
  • Jesuits order founded
    1540

    Jesuits order founded

    The pope made a group called the Society of Jesus and the member were called Jesuits and followed three rules.
  • Start of Roman Inquisition
    1542

    Start of Roman Inquisition

    the main purpose of the Inquisition was to impose religious uniformity, especially on converted Jews and Muslims, and later, on Protestants.
  • Council of Trent
    1545

    Council of Trent

    Catholics bishops agreed on doctrines that included how they should be teaching different topics like salvation and others
  • Peace of Augsburg
    1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    The peace of Augsburg was a treaty that ended the conflict between Catholics and Lutherans .
  • Reign of Elizabeth I
    1559

    Reign of Elizabeth I

    She made the church moderate for both Protestants and Catholics by using both practices
  • Scotland becomes Calvinist
    1560

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    John Knox heard about Calvinisim and changed a few things and they became Presbyterians.
  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    Aug 24, 1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    Catholics and Huguenots started fighting and on that day at dawn, Catholic mobs began hunting for Protestants and murdering them.
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    When leader Henry of Navarre became king, he granted religious freedom to Protestants.