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Church History - 1501 through 1600 AD
1501 . . . . The Reforming Raven, Anthony Corvinus
1502 . . . . Holy Shroud, Mysterious Relic
1506 . . . . St. Peters' New Foundation
1509 . . . . Fisher's Psalms for Penitents
1509 . . . . Michelangelo Unveiled Unfinished Chapel Ceiling
1514 . . . . Three Bibles in One: 1st Printed Polyglot
1514 . . . . Reuchlin Found Not Guilty
1515 . . . . 5th Lateran Council
1516 . . . . Erasmus Loaded the Reformation Cannon
1516 . . . . Glarean Blessed Erasmus
1516 . . . . Zurich Reform under Zwingli
1516 . . . . John Foxe and His Book of Martyrs
1517 . . . . Infamous Indulgence Led to Reformation
1517 . . . . Luther Posted 95 Theses
1517 . . . . Martin Luther: Monumental Reformer
1517 . . . . A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
1520 . . . . Pope Leo X Condemned Luther of Heresy
1521 . . . . Martin Luther's Most Noble Words
1521 . . . . John Marbach Entered Reformation Fray
1521 . . . . Christmas Eve
1522 . . . . Dutchman Dedel Didn't Last Long
1522 . . . . Martin Chemnitz Preserved Lutheran Position
1523 . . . . Katie Luther's Family Pattern
1524 . . . . German Peasant Revolt
1524 . . . . Johann von Staupitz, Luther's Confessor
1525 . . . . Anabaptists Took a Baby Step
1525 . . . . Conrad Grebel Drew Crowds in Switzerland
1525 . . . . Reformation Radicals: The Anabaptists
1525 . . . . William Tyndale, God's Outlaw
1527 . . . . Swiss Anabaptists' Seven-Point Confession
1527 . . . . Michael Sattler Tried for Being Anabaptist
1527 . . . . Sweden's Gustav Called
1527 . . . . Martyr Synod Met in Augsburg
1527 . . . . Danish Odense Diet Let Lutherans Preach
1527 . . . . Hans Schlaffer Martyred for Standing for the Gospel
1528 . . . . Martyrdom of Anabaptist Evangelist Hubmaier
1528 . . . . Adolf Clarenbach Arrested
1529 . . . . Valdes and Spanish Reformation
1529 . . . . Protestants 1st Called Protestants
1529 . . . . Marburg Colloquy Failed to Reach Consensus
1530 . . . . Schmalkald League Protected Lutherans
1531 . . . . Gentle Bilney Burned for Minor Difference
1531 . . . . Zwingli Perished by the Sword
1531 . . . . Oeceolampadius, the "House Light"
1531 . . . . Bullinger replaced Zwingli in Zurich
1533 . . . . Cranmer Got the Top Job but Didn't Want it!
1533 . . . . John Frith Burned for Beliefs
1533 . . . . Lowered over a Wall, Calvin Fled Paris
1534 . . . . Jacques Cartier Landed in Newfoundland
1535 . . . . Sir Thomas More's Utopian Head Rolled
1535 . . . . Coverdale Finished English Language Bible
1536 . . . . The Gentle Hutters Viciously Killed
1536 . . . . Wittenberg Concord on Body and Bread
1536 . . . . Translator William Tyndale Strangled and Burned
1536 . . . . Lutheranism Made Official in Denmark
1536 . . . . John Calvin Leads Geneva Reform
1539 . . . . Odd Romance of John and Idelette Calvin
1540 . . . . Wishart
1541 . . . . The Prodigious Labors of Francis Xavier
1541 . . . . Regensburg Conference (Ratisbon) Began
1541 . . . . Xavier: A Man for Many Nations
1541 . . . . England's Greatest Treasure
1543 . . . . Peter Canisius Entered the Jesuits
1546 . . . . Beaton Burned George Wishart as Heretic
1546 . . . . Cardinal Beaton Murdered
1546 . . . . Anne Askew Condemned to Fire
1546 . . . . Persecution of George Wishart
1546 . . . . Knox Dreamed Big for God and Scotland
1547 . . . . The Roman Catholic Council of Trent on Justification
1548 . . . . Sigismund I, Polish King Tolerated Reformation
1549 . . . . Elizabeth Dirks Drowned as Anabaptist
1549 . . . . Nobrega's Jesuits Reached Brazil
1550 . . . . Martin Bucer Gave Edward Advice
1551 . . . . Palestrina's Path for Religious Music
1552 . . . . Matteo Ricci Intrigued China
1553 . . . . Lady Jane's Proclamation
1553 . . . . Michael Servetus Burned for Heresy
1555 . . . . John Rogers, 1st of Many Martyrs
1555 . . . . John Hooper Burned in Gloucester
1555 . . . . Crowds Protested John Bradford's Burning
1555 . . . . James Abbes Burned in Bury, England
1555 . . . . Peace at Augsburg
1555 . . . . Bishops Ridley and Latimer Burned
1555 . . . . Because John Philpot Didn't Run, He Burned
1555 . . . . Johann Arndt Pointed the Way to Pietism
1556 . . . . Thomas Cranmer, Reluctant Martyr
1557 . . . . Michael Agricola, Father of Finnish Literature
1557 . . . . Diabolical Death of Agnes Prest
1556 . . . . John Knox's Friends Turn the Tables
1559 . . . . John Jewel Preached a Historic Sermon
1559 . . . . Was "Nosey" Parker Properly Consecrated?
1560 . . . . Peter Palladius, Denmark's Dedicated Reformer
1560 . . . . Poland Didn't Listen Long to John Laski
1560 . . . . Feckenham Began 24 Prison Years
1560 . . . . Scottish Parliament Ratified Protestant Confession
1561 . . . . Poissy Conference Couldn't Cure France
1561 . . . . Kaspar Schwenkfeld Took a Separate Path
1562 . . . . Birth of Abbot, Manslaying Bible Translator
1563 . . . . Questions and Answers: The Heidelberg Catechism
1564 . . . . The Last Sermon of John Calvin
1564 . . . . Philip Neri, the Common Denominator
1565 . . . . Pierre Viret Ordered Out of France
1565 . . . . Senseless Butchery of Florida's Huguenots
1566 . . . . Bartolomeo de Las Casas, Father to the Indians
1567 . . . . Birthday of Congregationalism?
1567 . . . . Napoleon Crowned Himself in Notre Dame
1568 . . . . John of the Cross: Hovel or Step to Heaven?
1569 . . . . Dirk Willem Burned after Rescuing Pursuer
1569 . . . . Ivan the Terrible Murdered Philip of Moscow
1570 . . . . Pius V Excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I
1571 . . . . Kepler: the Heavens Declare God's Glory
1572 . . . . Jeanne D'Albret's Penalties
1572 . . . . Nineteen from Gorcum Died, Defending Catholicism
1572 . . . . Not Peace but a Sword on St. Bartholomew's Day
1572 . . . . Huguenots: Driven out of France
1574 . . . . Leyden's Dikes Won Protestant Victory
1575 . . . . Jacob Boehme's Influence Begins
1576 . . . . Puritan Peter Wentworth Went to the Tower
1576 . . . . Grindal Bucked Queen Elizabeth
1578 . . . . Accidental Discovery of Roman Catacombs
1579 . . . . 1st Anglican Service in the New World
1580 . . . . Lutheran Book of Concord Went on Sale
1581 . . . . Edmund Campion, a Diamond of England, Betrayed
1582 . . . . Give Us Back Our Days: Gregory's Calendar Reform
1582 . . . . Famous Carmelite, Teresa of Avila
1583 . . . . Bernard Gilpin, Apostle of the North
1585 . . . . Heinrich Schutz Fulfilled Luther's Dream
1588 . . . . John Winthrop Made Massachusetts a Success
1591 . . . . Spanish Armada Sailed to its Doom
1591 . . . . Original Anne Hutchinson Christened
1593 . . . . Hasty Call to Assemble at Upsalla
1593 . . . . John Penry Pleaded for Welsh Soulwinners
1593 . . . . Henry IV Renounced Protestant Faith
1595 . . . . Conscientious Poet Robert Southwell
1595 . . . . Edward Winslow, Massachusetts Original
1597 . . . . A Deadly Mix Leads to Martyrdoms in Japan
1597 . . . . "Clearly Unworthy" Thought Gerard
1598 . . . . Edict of Nantes Relieved Huguenots
1599 . . . . Synod at Diamper, India
1600 . . . . Bruno, Last Heretic Burned by Roman Inquisition
1600 . . . . Samuel Rutherford's Lasting Legacy
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