1. In Germany. Luther’s Theses, 1517.
His writings against the Pope, 1520-1522.
His marriage, the Peasant’s war, 1525.
Diet of Spires. Name of “Protestant,” 1529.
Augsburg confession, 1530.
Anabaptists at Miinster, 1535.
Luther’s death, 1546.
Smalkaldic war, 1547.
Peace of Augsburg, 1555.
Abdication of Charles V., 1556,
Death of Melanchton, 1560.
2. In Switzerland. Zwinglian movement, 1516-1531.
Catholic worship suppressed in Zurich, 1525.
Sacramentarian controversy. Disputation at Baden, 1526.
Religious war, 1529-1531.
Death of Zwingle and Oecolompadius, 1531.
Calvinistic movement, 1541-1564.
Reformation in Geneva, 1541.
Calvin’s intolerance, Castellio, Gruet (1547) and Servetus executed (1553)
Calvin, died 1564.
Beza, died 1605.
3. In England, under Henry VIII. (1509-1547.)
The divorce question, 1527-1533.
Henry VIII. secretly marries Anne Boleyn. Cranmer pronounces sentence of divorce; Clement VII. annuls it. Royal supremacy established, 1533-1534.
Cardinal Fisher and Thomas More executed, 1535.
Death of Queen Catharine. Execution of Anne Boleyn, 1536.
Dissolution of monasteries. Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536-1540.
Under Edward VI. 1547-1553. Protestantism established. Book of Common Prayer. Act of Uniformity, 1549.
Forty-two articles, 1552.
Queen Mary, 1553-1558.
Restoration of Catholicism. Execution of Cranmer, 1556.
Death of Cardinal Pole, 1558.
Under Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
The Anglican Church by law established. Parker’s invalid consecration, 1559.
Thirty-mine articles, 1562.
Elizabeth excommunicated, 1570.
Penal laws against Catholics, 1570-1584.
Catholic martyrs. Mary
Queen of the Scots beheaded, 1587.
4, In Scotland. Catholicity protected under James V. (1513-1542). Parliament of 1541.
Cardinal Beaton assassinated, 1546.
First Covenant, 1557.
Violent suppression of Catholic worship under the leadership of John Knox. Queen Mary forced to abdicate. The “Kirk” established by law, 1567.
5. In Ireland. Attempts to introduce the English schism, A carefully packed Trish Parliament declares Henry VIII.- “head of the Irish Church,” and “King of Ireland.” Suppression of monasteries. Archbishop Browne of Dublin the “Cranmer of Ireland.” Sturdy resistance of the Irish to English tyranny, 1536-1541. Sufferings of the Irish under Elizabeth. Penal Statutes. Irish martyrs.
Wholesale confiscations.
The Geraldine war, 1579.
6. In France. Protestant principles propagated by W. Farel, 1521-1523, and J. Calvin, 1533-1535.
Fanaticism and atrocities of the Huguenots under Francis I. and Henry II., 1526-1559. The “Michelade,” or Massacre of Nimes, 1567.
Huguenot insurrections under Charles IX, 1560-1574.
Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 1572. Edict of Nantes.
7. In the Netherlands and the Scandinavian Kingdoms. Protestantism established in the Netherlands under William of Orange, 1566-1584, in Denmark and Norway under Christian Il. and Frederick I., 1520-1533; in Sweden under Gustavus Wasa, 1523-1560.
8. Minor Protestant Sects.
1. Anabaptists, John von Leyden, died 1536.
2. Mennonites, Menno Simonis, died 1561.
3. Baptists, Brownists, Independents, and Separatists, English sects under Elizabeth.
4, Antitrinitarians. Servetus, did 1553.
Gentilis, died 1566. –
5. Unitarians or Socinians. 1562.
Religious orders founded: Recollects,
Socinus 1500; Theatines (St. Cajetan, + 1547); Capuchins, 1528; Clerks Regular, 1530; Barnabites, 1530; Jesuits, 1534, (St. Ignatius, + 1556); Alcantarines (St. Peter of Alcantara, + 1562); Oratorians, (St. Philip Neri, + 1595); Oblates (St. Charles Borromeo, + 1584). Discalced Carmelites (St. Theresa, + 1582); Ursulines (St. Angela Maria, + 1540.)