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  Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the 16th century
 Erasmus and Christian humanism 1510
 
 Luther outraged by sale of indulgences 1517
 
 Luther nails document to church door 1517 Woodcut portrait of Martin Luther
National Archives, Kew
 
 Melanchthon inspires Luther's New Testament 1518
 
 First pamphlet war c. 1520
 
 Luther's writings burnt 1520
 
 Diet of Worms 1521
 
 Here I stand, says Luther 1521
 
 Ignatius inspired to be a saint 1521
 
 Luther in disguise as Junker Georg 1522
 
 Swiss sausage in Lent 1522
 
 Hans Sachs calls Luther a nightingale 1523
 
 Tyndale at Wittenberg 1524
 
 Friar marries nun 1525
 
 Adult baptism in Zurich 1525
 
 Peasant War appals Luther 1525
 
 Swedish king plunders monasteries 1527
 
 Protestants acquire their name 1529
 
 Luther and Zwingli clash on Eucharist 1529
 
 Lutheran confession at Augsburg 1530
 
 Protestant princes form league 1531
 
 Zwingli killed in battle 1531
 
 Henry VIII head of English church 1534
 
 Placards all over Paris 1534
 
 Thomas More beheaded 1535
 
 English king plunders monasteries 1536
 
 Danish king plunders monasteries 1536
 
 Jesuits are official 1540
 
 Calvin's school of Christ 1541
 
 Council of Trent 1545
 
 First English prayer book 1549
 
 Mary I tries to restore Catholic England 1553
 
 Mary I marries Catholic heir to Spain 1554
 
 Religious compromise at Augsburg 1555
 
 The original Bloody Mary 1555
 
 Knox back in Scotland 1559
 
 Huguenots get together in Paris 1559
 
 Knox and Mary disagree 1561
 
 Massacre on St Bartholomew's Day 1572
 
 William of Orange goes Calvinist 1573
 
 Jesuits target England 1580
 
 Protestant Netherlands reject Spain 1581
 
 Accurate calendar for Catholics only 1582
 
 Catholic martyrs in England c. 1585
 
 St Peter's is complete 1590
 
 French king converts to secure throne 1593 Henri IV, Paris
Fotofile CG
 
 Edict of Nantes protects Huguenots 1598