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1534
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King Henry VIII declares himself the supreme head of the church in England. | English Reformation |
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| M?nster debacle begins as Jan van Leiden is crowned as king and Matthijs arrives. | Radical Reformation |
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| Pope Paul III elected. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Act of Supremacy. | English Reformation |
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| Menno Simons publishes The Spiritual Resurrection. | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
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| Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan dies. | Cajetan |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Schwenckfeld is exiled from Strasbourg. | Schwenckfeld |
Radical Reformation |
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| Karlstadt becomes professor of Old Testament at Basel. | Karlstadt |
Radical Reformation |
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| Pope Clement VII dies. | Catholic Reformation |
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| August 15 | Ignatius Loyola and six others (including Francis Xavier) take vows of celebacy and poverty and commit to serving God. | Loyola |
Catholic Reformation |
| January 5 | Bartholomeus Boekbinder ane William de Kuiper arrive in M?nster and initiate believers' baptism | Radical Reformation |
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1535
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Calvin moves to Geneva. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
| Thomas More is beheaded in Tower of London for failing to take the Oath of Supremacy. | English Reformation |
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| Angela Merici founds the Ursulines. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Thomas More is executed. | More |
English Reformation |
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| Pope Gregory XIV is born. | Catholic Reformation |
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| April | Pieter Simons and several hundred radical anabaptists are captured after they seized the Oldeklooster monastery near Bolsward and are killed. | Radical Reformation |
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| April 27 | Council of Two Hundred passes a formal declaration that Geneva is a Protestant city. | Magisterial Reformation |
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| June 25 | Lutherans and Catholics storm Munster. Anabaptist leaders are tortured and executed. [More] | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
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1536
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Menni Simons becomes an Anabaptist leader. | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
| William Tyndale burned at stake. | English Reformation |
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| Calvin publishes the first edition of his Institutes of the Christian Religion. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
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| Teresa of Avila enters Carmelite convent in Avila. | Teresa |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Gasparo Contarini asked by pope Paul III to lead papal reform commission. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Thomas Cromwell secures the Act of Dissolution which closes monasteries. | Cromwell |
English Reformation |
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| Robert Barnes returns to England. | Barnes |
English Reformation |
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| Heinrich Bullinger authors First Helvetic Confession. | Bullinger |
Magisterial Reformation |
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| Anna Bijns opens a one-room school. | Bijns |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Berchtold Haller dies. | Haller |
Magisterial Reformation |
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| Jan of Leiden is tortured and killed. | Radical Reformation |
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| Pope Clement VIII is born. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Henry VIII begins suppressing monasteries. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Catharine of Aragon dies. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Anne Boleyn executed. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Pilgrimage of Grace begins. [More] | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| February 25 | Jacob Hutter burned at the stake. | Radical Reformation |
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1537
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Johann Eck publishes a German translation of the Bible. | Eck |
Catholic Reformation |
| Vittoria Colonna travels to Ferrera to seek permission to found a Capuchin convent there. | Colonna |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Jane Grey is born | English Reformation |
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| Edward VI is born. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Jane Seymour dies. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| January 16 | The Little Council and the Council of Two Hundred adopt Calvin's 21 Articles. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
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1538
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Calvin and William Farel are banished from Geneva. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
| A book of Vittoria Colonna's poetry is published in Parma. | Colonna |
Catholic Reformation |
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| April 21 | Calvin and Farel refuse to serve communion in Geneva. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
| February | Libertines gain the majority in Geneva's city council. | Magisterial Reformation |
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1539
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Six Articles passed by English parlaiment at Henry VIII's urging. | English Reformation |
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| Menno Simons publishes The Fundament. | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
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| Menno Simons publishes Christian Baptism. | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
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| Anna Jansz is executed. | Radical Reformation |
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1540
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Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus. | Loyola |
Catholic Reformation |
| Calvin publishes his commentary on Romans. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
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| Robert Barnes burned at the stake. | English Reformation |
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| Menno Simons publishes Foundation of Christian Doctrine. | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
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| Anne Askew marries Thomas Kyme of Kelsey. | Askew |
English Reformation |
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| Calvin attends Diet of Hagenau. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
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| Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves is annulled. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Henry VIII marries Katherine Howard. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| August | Calvin marries Idelette de Bures. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
| July 28 | Henry VIII has Thomas Cromwell executed. | Cromwell Henry |
English Reformation |
| July 30 | Robert Barnes burned at the stake. | Barnes |
English Reformation |
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1541
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Peter Riedeman writes Hutterite Confession of Faith. | Radical Reformation |
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| Schwenckfeld writes his Great Confession. | Radical Reformation |
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| Regensburg Colloquy. | Eck |
Catholic Reformation Magisterial Reformation |
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| Juan de Valdes dies. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Menno Simons publishes True Christian Faith. | Simons |
Radical Reformation |
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| Vittoria Colonna enters the convent of San Caterina at Viterbo. | Colonna |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Calvin attends Diet of Regensburg. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
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| Karlstadt dies. | Karlstadt |
Radical Reformation |
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| Peter Canisius becomes the first Jesuit in Germany. | Canisius |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Wolfgang Capito dies. | Magisterial Reformation |
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| November 20 | Geneva city councils approve Calvin's Ecclesiastical Ordinances as the church constitution. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
| September 13 | Calvin returns to Geneva. | Calvin |
Magisterial Reformation |
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1542
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Gasparo Contarini dies. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Pope Paul III establishes the Congregation of the Inquisition. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Albert Pighius dies. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Robert Bellarmine is born. | Catholic Reformation |
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| Katherine Howard executed for treason. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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1543
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Johann Eck dies. | Eck |
Catholic Reformation |
| Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr. | Henry |
English Reformation |
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| Sebastian Franck dies at Basel. | Franck |
Radical Reformation |
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1544
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Anne Askew's husband, Thomas Kyme expels her from his home because of her "heretical" views. | Askew |
English Reformation |
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1545
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Council of Trent begins its first session. [More] | Catholic Reformation |
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| Anne Askew arrested twice in 1545 in London. | Askew |
English Reformation |
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1546
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Luther dies in Eisleben. | Luther |
Magisterial Reformation |
| Anne Askew arrested for the third time. | Askew |
English Reformation |
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| July | Schmalkald War begins. [More] | Catholic Reformation Magisterial Reformation |
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| July 16 | Anne Askew was tied to a chair and burned alive. | Askew |
English Reformation |
| June 28 | Anne Askew condemned. | Askew |
English Reformation |
| June 29 | Anne Askew placed on the rack and tortured until many bones were broken. She refused to recant. | Askew |
English Reformation |
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1547
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Henry VIII dies. | Henry |
English Reformation |
| Vittoria Colonna dies. | Colonna |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Peter Canisius advises Cardinal Georg Truchsess von Waldburg at the Council of Trent. | Canisius |
Catholic Reformation |
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| April | Schmalkald War ends. | Catholic Reformation Magisterial Reformation |
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1548
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Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Excercises first published in its entirety. | Loyola |
Catholic Reformation |
| Anna Bijns publishes another anti-Lutheran work: The Second Book Containing Many Beautifully Artistic Refrains. | Bijns |
Catholic Reformation |
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| Katherine Parr dies. | English Reformation |
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1549
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Thomas Cranmer's First Book of Common Prayer published | Cranmer |
English Reformation |
| Peter Canisius begins teaching at the University of Ingolstadt. | Canisius |
Catholic Reformation |