Mr and Mrs Smith's World History
Timeline of the Renaissance and Reformation
1140-1648
| 1440 | Johannes Guttenberg develops movable type printing press |
| 1455 | Two noble families, York and Lancaster, begin fight for the throne. |
| 1478 | Loernzo de Medici becomes ruler of Florence. |
| 1483 | Martin Luther born |
| 1485 | Tudors take throne, Henry VII |
| 1490 | Florence's trade declines |
| 1492 | Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI |
| 1494 | Monk Savonarola overthrows Medicis in Florence |
| 1494 | Renniassance comes to France |
| 1498 | Monk Savonarola hanged for heresy |
| Medicis return to power in Florence | |
| 1517 | Pope Leo X sell indulgences to rebuild church in Rome |
Martin Luther posts 95 theses on door of castle church in Wittenberg |
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| 1520 | Pope Leo excomunicates Martin Luther |
| 1521 | Martin Luther guilty of heresy by German Diet of Worms |
| 1521 | Ignatius Loyola gives up life as a noble to serve god and Cathoic Church |
| 1524 | Lutheran Church formed in northern Germany |
| 1531 | Ulrich Zwungli
leader of Protestant movement in Switzerland Killed in battle with Catholic forces |
| 1534 | Parliament passes law King is head of Church of England |
| 1534 | French King Francis I forbids Huegonuts to worship freely. |
| 1540 | Ignatius Loyola founds Society of Jesus; Black robes simple life |
| 1553 | King Edward VI of England dies |
| Mary becomes Queen of England | |
| Mary accepts Pope as head of Church of England. | |
| 1555 | Peace of Augsburg Catholic and Protestant Churches in Germany |
| 1555 | Phillip II King of Spain |
| 1558 | Mary dies |
| 1558 | Elizabeth I Queen of England |
| 1562 | Catholics begin to persecute Huguenots |
| 1562 | Civil War breaks out. |
| Charles IX becomes
King of France, He is too young, mother Catherine de Medici rules for him. |
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| 1563 | Council of Trent; ended sale of indulgenes |
| Phillip II sets up Inquisition to stamp out Protestants. | |
| 1567 | Protestants in northern provinces revolted agaisnt Phillip II of Spain. |
| 1572 | Catherine de Medici allows Catholic nobles to kill leading Huguenots in Paris |
| 1580 | First English Theaters built |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada sails toward England |
| 1589 | King of France killed. |
| Henry of Navarre become French King Henry IV | |
| 1598 | King Henry IV of
France signs Edict of Nantes gane Huguenots right to worship |
| 1599 | Globe Theater becomes Shakespeares home |
| 1618 | Ferdinand II and
Catholic alliance crush Bohemians. Revolt becomes Thirty Yeras' War |
| Ferdinand does not allow Protestant worship. | |
| 1634 | French get involved in Thirty Years' War |
| 1643 | German Emperor asks for peace |
| 1648 | Peace of Westphalia; Fight that began in 1567 ends |