Protestant Reformation

1519 Ulrich Zwingli sent to work at the cathedral in Zurich

1524 Zurich's reformers removed all idols from their churches

1525 Zurich became a Protestant City

1536 John Calvin wrote The Institutes of the Christian Religion

1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre occurred

1589 Henry of Navarre became King Henry IV

1594 King Henry IV converted to Catholicism

1598 The Edict of Nantes was passed

1540 The Jesuit Order was created

1559 The Index was published

1564 The Index was published

1517 An indulgence campaign led by Johann Tetzel was held in Germany to help finance the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

1517 Martin Luther posted his 95 Thesis

1520 Martin Luther was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church

1521 The Diet of Worms met

1521-1522 Luther translated the New Testament into German

1524-1525 Peasant Revolts occurred in Germany

1529 The term "Protestant" was used for the 1st time to describe those who defied the Catholic Church, to include Luther and his supporters

1530 The Augsburg Confession was published

1546 Luther died

1555 The Pace of Augsburg was agreed to by German leaders

1521 King Henry VIII given the title of "Defender of the Faith" by the Pope

1529 King Henry VII declared the English Church independent of Rome

1533 The Pope excommunicated Henry VIII

1534 English Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy

1535 Sir Thomas More executed for not recognizing Henry as head of the Anglican Church

1536 Dissolution of the monasteries began

1536-1537 Northern uprising known as Pilgrimage of the Grace occurred

1547 King Henry VIII died

1549 Creation of the Book of Common Prayer

1554 Persecution of Protestants began and England is reconciled with the RCC

1555 Three Protestant bishops are burned at the stake for heresy

1559 English Parliament passes The Elizabethan Religious Settlement

1562 Elizabeth aides French Protestants in the French wars of religion

1570 The Pope excommunicates Elizabeth I

1601 The Earl of Essex is executed for leading a revolt against Elizabeth

1541- 1564 John Calvin ruled Geneva as a theocracy

1559- 1589 Religious wars occurred throughout France

1542- 1572 The Roman Inquisition worked to root out Protestant heresy

1545-1563 The Council of Trent met

1519- 1520 Martin Luther published several pamphlets that criticized the Catholic Church

1531-1555 Religious wars occurred throughout Germany

1547- 1553 Reign of King Edward VI

1553- 1558 Queen Mary Tudor Reigns

1558-1603 Queen Elizabeth I reigns