| Year | Catholic | Pre- |
|---|---|---|
| 1330 | John Wycliffe is born. | |
| 1372 | John Wycliffe receives doctorate in theology from Oxford. Jan Hus is born. | |
| 1375 | Wycliffe writes *On Divine Dominion* | |
| 1376 | Wycliffe writes *On Civil Dominion*. | |
| 1377 | Papal bulls issued demanding Wycliffe stop teaching heresy at Oxford. | |
| 1382 | Wycliffe leaves Oxford to live in his parish in Lutterworth. Wycliffe's teachings are condemned by the Synod of London. | |
| 1384 | John Wycliffe dies. | |
| 1396 | Jan Hus receives master of arts degree from University of Prague. | |
| 1398 | Jan Hus begins lecturing at the University of Prague. | |
| 1402 | Hus becomes preacher at Bethlehem Chapel in Prague. | |
| 1409 | Council of Pisa. [More] | |
| 1410 | Jan Hus is excommunicated. | |
| 1412 | Jan Hus leaves Prague to live in southern Bohemia. Jan Hus writes The Expositions. | |
| 1413 | Jan Hus writes Concerning Simony. | |
| 1414 | Jan Hus summoned to appear at the Council of Constance. [More] Pope Sixtus IV is born. Thomas a Kempis writes, "The Imitation of Christ." | |
| 1415 | Jan Hus is burned at the stake. | |
| 1428 | John Wycliffe's bones are exhumed and burned according to papal command. | |
| 1431 | Pope Alexander VI is born. | |
| 1432 | Pope Innocent VIII is born. | |
| 1436 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros is born. | |
| 1439 | Pope Pius III is born. | |
| 1443 | Pope Julius II is born. | |
| 1445 | Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg is born. | |
| 1452 | Robert Bellarmine is born. | Girolamo Savonarola is born. |
| 1455 | Pope Callistus III elected. | |
| 1456 | Sylvester Mazzolini Prierias is born. | |
| 1458 | Pope Pius II elected. | |
| 1459 | Pope Adrian VI is born. | |
| 1460 | James Hochstraten is born. | |
| 1464 | Pope Paul II elected. | |
| 1465 | Johann Tetzel probably born in this year. | |
| 1469 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan is born. | |
| 1471 | Pope Sixtus IV elected. Prierias becomes a Dominican. | |
| 1473 | Cardinal Ximenez is imprisoned by Alonso de Carrillo archbishop of Toledo. | |
| 1475 | Pope Leo X is born. | |
| 1478 | Sixtus IV empowers the Catholic sovereigns to set up the Inquisition. Pope Clement VII is born. | |
| 1479 | Johannes Cochlaeus is born. | Cardinal Ximenez is released from prison by Archbishop Carrillo. |
| 1482 | Cardinal Ximenez is appointed vicar- general of Siguenza. Bishop Albert of Bavaria calls for a synod in Strasbourg to address issues of reform. Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg serves as official preacher. | |
| 1483 | Gasparo Contarini is born. | |
| 1484 | Pope Innocent VIII elected. | Cardinal Ximenez enters a convent in Toledo. Pope Sixtus IV dies. |
| 1486 | Johann (John) Eck is born. | |
| 1487 | Pope Julius III is born. | |
| 1488 | Cajetan begins studies in Bologna. | |
| 1489 | John Cochlaeus is born. | |
| 1490 | Vittoria Colonna is born. Albert Pighius is born. | |
| 1491 | Ignatius Loyola is born. Cajetan goes to Padua to finish studies and teach. | |
| 1492 | The Moors are driven out of Granada and Ferdinand and Isabella expel the Jews from Spain. Pope Alexander VI elected. | Cardinal Ximenez is appointed confessor to Queen Isabella I. Pope Innocent VIII dies. |
| 1493 | Cajetan begins lecturing at Padua on Peter Lombard's Sentences. | |
| 1494 | Cajetan appointed university chair of Thomistic studies at Padua. Anna Bijns is born. | |
| 1495 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros becomes archbishop of Toledo. Prierias begins teaching at Bologna. | Cardinal Ximenez begins Catholic reform in Spain |
| 1496 | Cajetan publishes commentary on Aquinas' On Being and Essence. | |
| 1497 | Cajetan becomes professor of Thomistic theology in Pavia. | |
| 1498 | Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake. Johann Eck enters University of Heidelberg. Cajetan publishes The Analogy of Names. | |
| 1499 | Cajetan called to teach in Milan. | |
| 1500 | Juan de Valdes is born. Reginald Pole is born. | |
| 1501 | Johann Eck receives MA from Tubingen. Cajetan called to Rome and appointed procurator general of Dominicans. | |
| 1502 | Johann Eck publishes On the Primacy of Peter against Luther. A report on the Leipzig debate with Luther and Karlstadt. Pope Gregory XIII is born. | |
| 1503 | Pope Pius elected. Pope Julius II elected. | Pope Alexander VI dies. Pope Pius III dies. |
| 1506 | Pope Julius II orders work on St. Peter?s Basilica in Rome. Francis Xavier is born. Cajetan publishes: On Interpretation, Posterior Analytics, The Categories, Metaphysics | |
| 1507 | Pope appoints Cajetan as vicar general of Dominicans. | Cardinal Ximenez is named inquisitor general and becomes a cardinal. |
| 1508 | Johann Eck is ordained. Cajetan sends Dominicans to the New World. Paola Antonia Negri is born. | Cardinal Ximenez founds the University of Alcala. |
| 1509 | Vittoria Colonna marries Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos, a Spanish noble. | |
| 1510 | Johann Eck receives Doctor of Theology from University of Freiburg and begins to teach at Ingolstadt. Cajetan publishes The Infinity of the First Mover. | Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg dies. |
| 1511 | Cajetan publishes A Comparison of the Authority of the Pope and Councils | |
| 1513 | Giovanni de Medici becomes Pope Leo X. | Pope Julius II dies. |
| 1514 | Prierias begins teaching in Rome. Prierias publishes *Summa Silvestrina.* | |
| 1515 | Teresa of Avila is born. Prierias named "Master of the Sacred Palace,"the court theologian to pope Leo X. | |
| 1517 | The Oratory of Divine Love is founded in Rome Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros' Complutensian Polyglot Bible (began in 1502) is completed Cajetan named cardinal by pope Leo X. Pope Leo X commissions Prierias to respond to Luther's 95 thesis. Prierias' *Dialogus* is sent to Luther who responds with *Responsio.* | Cardinal Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros dies at Roa. |
| 1519 | Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. [More] Pope Innocent IX is born. | |
| 1521 | Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII ?Defender of the Faith? for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded in battle at Pamplona. Peter Canisius is born. Peter Canisius is born. Pope Leo X dies. | |
| 1522 | Pope Adrian VI elected. Ignatius Loyola spends a year at Manresa. Bartolome de las Casas becomes a Dominican. Cajetan sent by pope Adrian VI as legate to Hungary. | |
| 1523 | Pope Clement VII elected. Cajetan completes 4th volume of his commentary on Aquinas' Summa. Sylvester Mazzolini Prierias dies. Pope Adrian VI dies. | |
| 1524 | Gaetano de Thiene founds the Theatines. | |
| 1525 | Eck publishes Arguments against Luther and Other Enemies of the Church. Johann Eck publishes his most important work, Enchiridian. Vittoria Colonna's husband dies. Vittoria Colonna enters the Convent of San Silvestro in Rome. | |
| 1526 | First Diet of Speyer. Wolsey summons Thomas Bilney and he is forced to take an oath not to disseminate Luther's views. | |
| 1527 | Johann Eck publishes On the Sacrifice of the Mass to refute Zwingli's rejection of the mass. James Hochstraten dies. | |
| 1528 | Sommaschi founded. Ignatius Loyola graduates from University of Paris. Anna Bijns publishes twenty-three poems condemning the reformation. | |
| 1529 | Matteo da Bascio founds the Capuchins. Second Diet of Speyer. [More] | |
| 1530 | Anton Maria Zaccaria founds the Barnabites (Clerks Regular of St. Paul). Cesare Baronius is born. | |
| 1534 | Pope Paul III elected. Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan dies. Pope Clement VII dies. Ignatius Loyola and six others (including Francis Xavier) take vows of celebacy and poverty and commit to serving God. | |
| 1535 | Angela Merici founds the Ursulines. Pope Gregory XIV is born. | |
| 1536 | Teresa of Avila enters Carmelite convent in Avila. Gasparo Contarini asked by pope Paul III to lead papal reform commission. Anna Bijns opens a one-room school. Pope Clement VIII is born. | |
| 1537 | Johann Eck publishes a German translation of the Bible. Vittoria Colonna travels to Ferrera to seek permission to found a Capuchin convent there. | |
| 1538 | A book of Vittoria Colonna's poetry is published in Parma. | |
| 1540 | Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus. | |
| 1541 | Regensburg Colloquy. Juan de Valdes dies. Vittoria Colonna enters the convent of San Caterina at Viterbo. Peter Canisius becomes the first Jesuit in Germany. | |
| 1542 | Gasparo Contarini dies. Pope Paul III establishes the Congregation of the Inquisition. Albert Pighius dies. Robert Bellarmine is born. | |
| 1543 | Johann Eck dies. | |
| 1545 | Council of Trent begins its first session. [More] | |
| 1546 | Schmalkald War begins. [More] | |
| 1547 | Vittoria Colonna dies. Peter Canisius advises Cardinal Georg Truchsess von Waldburg at the Council of Trent. Schmalkald War ends. | |
| 1548 | Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Excercises first published in its entirety. Anna Bijns publishes another anti-Lutheran work: The Second Book Containing Many Beautifully Artistic Refrains. | |
| 1549 | Peter Canisius begins teaching at the University of Ingolstadt. | |
| 1550 | Pope Julius III elected. | |
| 1551 | Council of Trent begins its second session. | |
| 1552 | Francis Xavier dies. John Cochlaeus dies. | |
| 1554 | Pope Gregory XV is born. | |
| 1555 | Pope Marcellus II elected. Pope Paul IV elected. Peter Canisius publishes his first catechism written for priests and adults. Paola Antonia Negri dies. Pope Julius III dies. | |
| 1556 | Ignatius Loyola dies. Peter Canisius publishes a catechism for children and one for youth. | |
| 1557 | Peter Canisius attends the Colloquy of Worms. | |
| 1558 | Reginald Pole dies. | |
| 1559 | Pope Pius IV elected. Pope Paul IV approves and publishes the first Index of Forbidden Books. | |
| 1562 | Council of Trent begins its third session. Teresa of Avila founds St. Joseph's convent in Avila. | |
| 1566 | Pope Pius V elected. | |
| 1567 | Third volume of Anna Bijns poetry is published. | |
| 1571 | Peter Canisius publishes Life of John the Baptist. | |
| 1572 | Pope Gregory XIII elected. St Bartholomew's Day Massacre about 100,000 Huguenots slaughtered. | |
| 1575 | Anna Bijns probably dies. | |
| 1577 | Peter Canisius publishes The Life of Virgin Mary. | |
| 1580 | Peter Canisius founds a Jesuit college in Fribourg. | |
| 1582 | Teresa of Avila dies. | |
| 1585 | Pope Gregory XIII dies. | |
| 1591 | Pope Gregory XIV dies. Pope Innocent IX dies. | |
| 1597 | Peter Canisius dies. | |
| 1605 | Pope Clement VIII dies. | |
| 1607 | Cesare Baronius dies. | |
| 1621 | Robert Bellarmine dies. | |
| 1623 | Pope Gregory XV dies. |