| Year | English | Catholic |
|---|---|---|
| 1452 | Robert Bellarmine 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. | |
| 1475 | Pope Leo X is born. | |
| 1478 | Thomas More is probably born. | Sixtus IV empowers the Catholic sovereigns to set up the Inquisition. Pope Clement VII is born. |
| 1479 | Johannes Cochlaeus is born. | |
| 1483 | Gasparo Contarini is born. | |
| 1484 | Hugh Latimer is born. | Pope Innocent VIII elected. |
| 1485 | Thomas Cromwell probably born. | |
| 1486 | Johann (John) Eck is born. | |
| 1487 | Pope Julius III is born. | |
| 1488 | Cajetan begins studies in Bologna. | |
| 1489 | Thomas Cranmer is born. | John Cochlaeus is born. |
| 1490 | Vittoria Colonna is born. Albert Pighius is born. | |
| 1491 | Henry VIII is born. | 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. | |
| 1493 | Cajetan begins lecturing at Padua on Peter Lombard's Sentences. | |
| 1494 | William Tyndale is born. | Cajetan appointed university chair of Thomistic studies at Padua. Anna Bijns is born. |
| 1495 | Robert Barnes is born. Thomas Bilney born in Norwich. | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros becomes archbishop of Toledo. Prierias begins teaching at Bologna. |
| 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 | Reginald Pole is born. | |
| 1501 | Arthur marries Catharine of Aragon. | 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. | |
| 1504 | Pope Julius II allows Henry VIII to marry Catharine of Aragon. Matthew Parker is born. | |
| 1505 | Thomas More marries Jane Colt. | |
| 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. | |
| 1508 | Johann Eck is ordained. Cajetan sends Dominicans to the New World. Paola Antonia Negri is born. | |
| 1509 | Henry VIII marries Catharine of Aragon. | 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. | |
| 1511 | Cajetan publishes A Comparison of the Authority of the Pope and Councils | |
| 1513 | Giovanni de Medici becomes Pope Leo X. | |
| 1514 | Katherine Parr is born | 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.* | |
| 1519 | Thomas Bilney ordained by Bishop West of Ely. | 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. | |
| 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 | Thomas Bilney "converts" Hugh Latimer. | Gaetano de Thiene founds the Theatines. |
| 1525 | Thomas Bilney is licensed to preach in Ely. | 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 | Wolsey summons Thomas Bilney and he is forced to take an oath not to disseminate Luther's views. | |
| 1527 | Henry VIII appeals to Pope Clement VII for annulment for marriage to Catharine of Aragon. | 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 | Simon Fish publishes The Supplication of Beggars. Thomas More replaces Wolsey as Lord Chancellor. Thomas More succeeds Thomas Wolsey as Lord Chancellor. | Matteo da Bascio founds the Capuchins. Second Diet of Speyer. [More] |
| 1530 | Robert Barnes flees to Wittenberg. William Tracy's will circulates among evangelicals. As a result, his body is exhumed and burned. Robert Barnes writes A Supplication unto King Henry VIII. | Anton Maria Zaccaria founds the Barnabites (Clerks Regular of St. Paul). Cesare Baronius is born. |
| 1531 | Robert Barnes writes Supplication to Henry VIII. Thomas Bilney executed in London. | |
| 1532 | Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor the day after the Submission of the Clergy is passed. Thomas More writes Letter Against Frith. | |
| 1533 | Parliament passes the Act in Restraint of Appeals. Anne Boleyn gives birth to Elizabeth. Thomas More writes Confutation of Tyndale's Answer. Henry VIII is excommunicated. The Buggery Act is adopted by Henry VIII. [More] Thomas Cranmer is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Henry VIII. Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn. | |
| 1534 | King Henry VIII declares himself the supreme head of the church in England. Act of Supremacy. | 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 | Thomas More is beheaded in Tower of London for failing to take the Oath of Supremacy. Thomas More is executed. | Angela Merici founds the Ursulines. Pope Gregory XIV is born. |
| 1536 | William Tyndale burned at stake. Thomas Cromwell secures the Act of Dissolution which closes monasteries. Robert Barnes returns to England. Henry VIII begins suppressing monasteries. Catharine of Aragon dies. Anne Boleyn executed. Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour. Pilgrimage of Grace begins. [More] | 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 | Jane Grey is born Edward VI is born. Jane Seymour dies. | 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. | |
| 1539 | Six Articles passed by English parlaiment at Henry VIII's urging. | |
| 1540 | Robert Barnes burned at the stake. Anne Askew marries Thomas Kyme of Kelsey. Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves. Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled. Henry VIII marries Katherine Howard. Henry VIII has Thomas Cromwell executed. Robert Barnes burned at the stake. | 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 | Katherine Howard executed for treason. | Gasparo Contarini dies. Pope Paul III establishes the Congregation of the Inquisition. Albert Pighius dies. Robert Bellarmine is born. |
| 1543 | Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr. | Johann Eck dies. |
| 1544 | Anne Askew's husband, Thomas Kyme expels her from his home because of her "heretical" views. | |
| 1545 | Anne Askew arrested twice in 1545 in London. | Council of Trent begins its first session. [More] |
| 1546 | Anne Askew arrested for the third time. Anne Askew was tied to a chair and burned alive. Anne Askew condemned. Anne Askew placed on the rack and tortured until many bones were broken. She refused to recant. | Schmalkald War begins. [More] |
| 1547 | Henry VIII dies. | Vittoria Colonna dies. Peter Canisius advises Cardinal Georg Truchsess von Waldburg at the Council of Trent. Schmalkald War ends. |
| 1548 | Katherine Parr dies. | 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 | Thomas Cranmer's First Book of Common Prayer published | Peter Canisius begins teaching at the University of Ingolstadt. |
| 1550 | Pope Julius III elected. | |
| 1551 | Council of Trent begins its second session. | |
| 1552 | Thomas Cranmer publishes the Second Book of Common Prayer. | Francis Xavier dies. John Cochlaeus dies. |
| 1553 | Thomas Cranmer writes Forty Two Articles of the Reformed Faith. Edward VI dies at age fifteen. Queen Mary ascends to the throne. | |
| 1554 | Jane Grey is executed. | Pope Gregory XV is born. |
| 1555 | Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer burned at the stake. | 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 | Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake. | 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 | Thirty Nine Articles written under Queen Elizabeth. | Peter Canisius publishes Life of John the Baptist. |
| 1572 | Pope Gregory XIII elected. St Bartholomew's Day Massacre about 100,000 Huguenots slaughtered. | |
| 1575 | Matthew Parker dies. | 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. | |