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Protestant Reformation Timeline

  • The Inquisition
    1184

    The Inquisition

    Was an institution established by the papacy to punish heresy through Europe and then The New World (Americas)
  • Period: 1400 to 1500

    Humanism

    Was the secular movement during the Renaissance, this believe in individual and potential developing of humans, and the excelling in all pursuits.
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    1436

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Inventor of the printing press in Europe
  • Martin Luther
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther

    Was born this day in Eisleben, Alemania. Was a monk that dedicated his life to the Church's promise of salvation. When he visited Rome, found corruption and a lack of spirituality. Which would give rise to his ideas about what was wrong in the Catholic church.
  • Christopher Columbus arrived to the Americas
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus arrived to the Americas

    The Genoese Christopher Columbus arrived in what is now the Bahamas. He becomes the first European to have contact with the Americas.
  • Indulgences
    1500

    Indulgences

    Was a method to achieve the purification and the possibility to forgive sins. Selled by the th Roman Church during this century. It was one of the reasons for Martin Luther's revelation against the Catholic Church.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Protestant Reformation Timeline

  • John Calvin
    1509

    John Calvin

    Was a French supporter of Martin Luther, was born in this year, a theologian and philosopher. Published a book with Martin Luther religious beliefs. Exiled to Switzerland due his reformations ideas. It ideas were formed from the Predestination.
  • 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    95 Theses

    Martin Luther wrote in them propositions against the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church and its corruption, with a coherent format similar to that of an academic debate.
  • Pope Leo X and the Excommunicated
    1521

    Pope Leo X and the Excommunicated

    He was questioned by the ideas of reform the church from Martin Luther, who said that the pope did not have the authority to be the only one who could interpret the holy writing. Due this attack to the authority of the papacy, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Diet of Worm
    May 25, 1521

    Diet of Worm

    Was a meeting of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Germany, Martin Luther was called by the politicians authorities to respond to charges of heresy.
  • Henry VIII excommunication
    1533

    Henry VIII excommunication

    He was King of England between 1509-1547. Having the recognition of the Catholic Church with the title "Defender of the Faith". In 1533, is divorced without the allow of the church in Roma. Henry broke away from the Catholic Church and formed the Anglican Church.
  • Theocracy in Geneva
    1540

    Theocracy in Geneva

    John Calvin established a theocracy in the city of Geneva founding with Calvinists ideas to Protestants exiles. He believed church and city should combine to enforce Cristian behavior.
  • Jesuits
    Sep 27, 1540

    Jesuits

    Was a religious order from the Catholic Church founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola. They oppose to the protestants. And helped to maintain the relevance of the Catholic Church over the Protestants.
  • Council of Trent
    1545

    Council of Trent

    The Council of Trent was created due the threat of the Reformation. Responded to the issues at hand and enacted the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestants.
  • Peace of Augsburg
    Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Was the first treaty ,in Germany, that allowed the coexist of the Lutheran Church and the Catholic Church.
  • Elizabeth I
    1559

    Elizabeth I

    Daughter of King Henry VIII, and queen of England between 1558 and 1603. Before her reign there was Queen Mary I who tried to restore Catholicism in England. Then, Elizabeth wished to create a new moderate religious settlement derived from Henry VIII's break from Rome. She established the Church of England in 1559
  • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
    1572

    St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

    This event occurred in Paris, France from part of the Queen Catherine de’ Medici and the Roman Catholic citizens against the Huguenots (Protestants)
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    Was a law promulgated on the city of Nantes, Brittany. Which granted a large measure of religious liberty to Protestant subjects in France.