1517, "95 Theses"
Religion
1521, Diet of Worms
b. 1483
d. 1546
Martin Luther
b. 1560
1618, Synod of Dort repudiates Arminianism
d. 1609
Jacobus Arminius
Founder of Arminianism
d. 1531
b. 1484
Ulrich Zwingli
Beginning of Reformed denominations
1536, "Institutes"
d. 1564
b. 1509
John Calvin
1559, brings Calvinism to Scottish reformers
1553, goes to Geneva to study under Calvin
b. 1514
d. 1572
John Knox
Beginning of Presbyterian denominations
1647, Westminster Confession,
1643
1525, Anabaptists begin meeting in Zurich
Beginning of Baptist, Amish, Mennonite, Quakers, others
Westminster Assembly
1534, Act of Supremecy, Church of England secedes from Rome
Beginning of Anglican denominations
1610, Puritans begin leaving for Holland
1566, Puritans begin new party
1535, Coverdale Bible
first complete Bible in English
translated from Latin and Luther's German
1516, "Textus Receptus"
first Greek/Latin interlinear N.T. printed with movable type
Bibles
1455, Gutenberg Bible
first Bible printed with
movable type, in Latin
1612, first pocket-sized Bible
King James version
1582, Douay-Rheims
English translation from Latin Vulgate
first English Bible authorized by Roman Catholic church
1541, The Great Bible
first English Bible authorized for public use
1522, Luther Bible
first German-language N.T.
1560, Geneva Bible
first Bible with numbered verses and margin notes
1525, Tyndale Bible
first English N.T. printed with movable type
Politics
1611, King James Bible
Pulpit-sized, 17-inches tall
1537, Matthew's Bible
first complete English Bible from original Hebrew and Greek
1520, "Complutensian Polyglot"
first printed Hebrew/Greek/Latin interlinear Bible
1380s, John Wycliffe produces
first English-language Bibles
hand-written, very expensive
1620, Mayflower voyage to Plymouth
1534, Names himself head of Church of England
1502
1547
Henry VIII
Hostile to any reformation
1547
1553
1478, Began the Spanish Inquistion
1469
Mary Tudor
1516
1625
1553
1649
Charles I
Favored moderate reform
Edward VI
Repressed reform,
Parliament forced Westminster Assy
1558
1603
1625
James I
Persecuted all reformists
Repressed reform
Ferdinand
Isabella
1558
1603
Elizabeth I
Favored moderate reform, repressed radical reform
Science
1577, Sailed around the world
1492, Discovered West Indies
b. 1451
d. 1596
b. 1540
d. 1506
Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
1609, Explored Delaware Bay and Hudson River
b. 1565
1450, invents movable type printing press
d. 1611
Henry Hudson
d. 1468
b. 1398
Johann Gutenberg
1543 - published "On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres"
Postulated that the earth rotates and is not the center of the solar system
b. 1473
d. 1543
Culture
called "The father of modern physics", and "The Father of science"
b. 1564
Nicolas Copernicus
d. 1642
Galileo Galilei
1678, wrote "Pilgrim's Progress"
1595, "Romeo & Juliet" first performed
1498, painted The Last Supper
b. 1452
b. 1628
d. 1616
b. 1564
1503, painted Mona Lisa
d. 1519
d. 1672
John Bunyan
William Shakespeare
Leonardo daVinci
1637, wrote "Discourse on Method" (I think, therefore I am)
d. 1650
b. 1596
Rene Decartes
1501 - 1504, sculpted David
1498 - 1499, sculpted Pieta
b. 1475
1667, wrote "Paradise Lost"
1508 - 1512, painted Sistene Ceiling
d. 1564
b. 1608
Michelangelo Buonaratti
1450
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d. 1672
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