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Period: Jan 20, 1450 to
Witch Hunts
Witch Hunts
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Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519
Leonardo da Vinci
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Period: May 13, 1469 to Jun 21, 1527
Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli
Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli is best known for writing The Prince, a handbook for unscrupulous politicians that inspired the term "Machiavellian" and established its author as the "father of modern political theory." -
Period: May 21, 1471 to Apr 6, 1521
Albrecht Durer
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Period: Mar 6, 1475 to Feb 18, 1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Period: Jan 1, 1483 to Apr 6, 1520
Raphael
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Jan 13, 1512
Michelangelo completes Sistene Chapel ceiling
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Jan 20, 1516
Venice Jews ordered to the ghettos
Adam SandlerVenice ordered the Jews to move to the ghettos. During the reformations more restrictions were put on the Jews. Luther wanted the Jews to convert to Christianity or be expelled with their synagogues being burned. -
Oct 1, 1517
The Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation, often referred to simply as the Reformation,[1] was the schism within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin, and other early Protestant Reformers. Although there had been significant attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church before Luther, he is typically cited as the man who set the religious world aflame in 1517 with his The Ninety-Five Theses. Luther started by criticizing the selling of indulgences, insisting that the pope had no authorit -
Oct 31, 1517
Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses
On this day in 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment—called "indulgences"—for the forgiveness of sins. At the time, a Dominican priest named Johann Tetzel, commissioned by -
Jan 19, 1521
Martin Luther is excommunicated
Pople Leo X asks Martin Luther to recant, or give up, his views expressed in the 95 Theses. When he refused he was excommunicated by the Pope and the church. Later that year the Roman emperor Charles V summons him to the diet (meeting) of German princess. Luther went thinking he would be able to talk about his Theses. Instead he was once again ordered to recant. When he refused, Charles V declared him an outlaw and said it was illegal for anyone to associate with him. People supported him. -
Jan 20, 1527
Henry VIII asks for an annulment
Henry VIII
Henry VIII had six wives and continued to look for a wife that could give him a son. His first wife gave him a son that died as an infant and a daughter, Mary. He tried to annul the wife after 18 years of marriage based on the fact that she had been married to his brother and consumated the marriage. -
Jan 20, 1530
Protestants
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Jan 20, 1533
Church of England
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Parliament passes laws that takes the English church away from the Pope and puts it under Henry VIII's rule. He names Thomas Crammer the Archbishop who then grants Henry an annulment from Catherine. Henry then goes on to marry Anne Bolen. -
Jan 20, 1534
Act of Supremacy
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Nov 1, 1534
Act of Supremacy
The first Act of Supremacy was legislation in 1534 that granted King Henry VIII of England Royal Supremacy, which means that he was declared the supreme head of the Church of England. It is still the legal authority of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom -
Jan 19, 1536
Calvinism
Frenchman who believed in the teachings of Martin Luther except that he also believed in predestination. This is the idea that God had long ago determined who would gain salvation. Believed that the world was divided into saints and sinners. -
Jan 19, 1541
Geneva - the model community
Protestants in the Swiss city of Geneva asked Calvin to set up a theocracy, or government run by church leaders. The people of Geneva began to see themselves as "chosen people" entrusted by God to build a truly Christian society. It stressed hard work, discipline and morality. There were fines for fighting, dancing, swearing and laughing in church. People from all over Europe visited Geneva to see how to run their city. -
Jan 20, 1545
Council of Trent (Catholic Reformation)
The Council of Trent was the most important movement of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church's first significant reply to the growing Protestants Reformation. The primary purpose of the council was to condemn and refute the beliefs of the Protestants, such as Martin Luther and John Calvin, and also to make the set of beliefs in Catholicism even clearer. Approximately forty clergymen, mainly Catholic bishops, were in attendance during the twenty-five times over the next eighteen -
Jan 20, 1547
Edward VI becomes king
Henry VIII dies and his third child and only son, Edward VI, becomes king at the age of nine. He is the son of Henry and his third wife Jane Seymour. Continued to make England a protestant country. He dies in his teens. -
Jul 20, 1553
Mary becomes Queen of England
When Edward dies, Mary becomes Queen of England. She is Henry VIII's oldest daughter. Her parents are Henry and his first wife Catherine. Mary is a Catholic and wants to return England to the Catholic faith. Hundreds of protestants are burned at the stake and she is given the nickname "Bloody Mary". -
Sep 25, 1555
The Peace of Augsburg
This was a compromise signed between Charles V and the Lutheran princess. It stated that each prince could decide which religion his territory would follow - Catholic or Lutheran. Most northern Germanic states chose Lutheranism while the southern German states remained Catholic. -
Jan 20, 1558
Elizabeth becomes queen
Queen Mary dies in 1558, and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Bolen. She makes compromises between protestants and catholics so that everyone can live peacefully in England.
