Modern World History-LA

  • Italian wars
    1494

    Italian wars

    In 1494 King Charles VII of France invaded Italy.he most significant impact of the Italian Wars was that they helped expose the rest of Europe to the ideas of the Italian Renaissance.
  • Edict of worms
    1521

    Edict of worms

    Charles v a devout a devout catholic issues an imperial order that declared Luther as a out law and heretic because he went against the church
  • Peasants war
    1524

    Peasants war

    Peasants were becoming more disgruntled by high taxes and a lack of power.in 1524 tens of thousands of German peasants stormed castles and monasteries, a rebellion known as the Peasants’ War.
  • Swiss civil war
    1531

    Swiss civil war

    Sitter war between the Swiss protestants and catholics
  • Act of supremacy in England
    1533

    Act of supremacy in England

    This act made Henry the 8th the head of the Church of England
  • Anabaptist settle in Münster
    1533

    Anabaptist settle in Münster

    Anabaptist fled to Munster because people though of them as radicals who threatened society
  • Thomas more excitede
    1534

    Thomas more excitede

    Thomas more refused to take an oath to except Henry as the new pope so he was found guilty of high treason and executed
  • John Calvin institutes of the christian religion
    1536

    John Calvin institutes of the christian religion

    In 1536, Calvin published 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.
  • Jesuit founded order
    1540

    Jesuit founded order

    Ignatius was the leader of the jesuits.1540 the pope created a religious order for his followers called the Society of Jesus. Members were called Jesuits
  • Start of roman inquisition
    1542

    Start of roman inquisition

    a Church court called the Roman Inquisition in 1542. 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

    ce council of Trent was a group of Catholic bishops and cardinals agreed on several doctrines.
  • Peace of Ausburg
    1555

    Peace of Ausburg

    the princes chose the religion they wanted their state to be under.
  • REIGN OF ELIZABETH 1
    1559

    REIGN OF ELIZABETH 1

    wanted to return her church to protestantism
  • Scotland becomes Calvinist
    1560

    Scotland becomes Calvinist

    John Knox made Calvanism Scotlands official religion
  • Martin Luther writes 95 theses
    1570

    Martin Luther writes 95 theses

    Martin Luther decided to writes the 95 Theses to attack pardon merchants for the selling of indulgences to buy your way into heaven
  • St Bartholomew's day massacre
    1572

    St Bartholomew's day massacre

    on August 24, 1572—the Catholic feast of St. Bartholomew’s Day. At dawn, Catholic mobs began hunting for Protestants and murdering them. The massacres spread to other cities and lasted six months.
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    a 1598 declaration in which the French king Henry IV promised that Protestants could live in peace in France and could set up houses of worship in some French cities.