Timeline Europe

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  • Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper
    1498

    Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper

  • Luther's 95 Theses Pope Adrian Vi
    1517

    Luther's 95 Theses Pope Adrian Vi

  • Henry VIll's Act of Supremacy
    1534

    Henry VIll's Act of Supremacy

    In 1534 Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy which defined the right of Henry VIII to be supreme head on earth of the Church of England, thereby severing ecclesiastical links with Rome.
  • St. John Fisher martyred
    1535

    St. John Fisher martyred

    He was named a cardinal shortly before his death. He is honored as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.
  • St. Thomas More martyred
    1535

    St. Thomas More martyred

    Pope Pius XI canonized More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians.
  • St. Angela Merecí founded the Ursuline sisters
    1535

    St. Angela Merecí founded the Ursuline sisters

    Angela saw women as significant agents of change in a world longing for love, unity, and harmony. Still a teen, Angela received a vision instructing her to form a “company of women” to further the work of God. On November 25, 1535, Angela and 28 young women formed the Company of Saint Ursula.
  • St. Ignatius Loyola's Society of Jesus approved
    1541

    St. Ignatius Loyola's Society of Jesus approved

    The Society of Jesus was founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius Loyola with the approval of Pope Paul III. Ignatius Loyola had gathered around him an energetic band of well-educated men who desired nothing more than to help others find God in their lives.
  • 1543

    Copernicus published "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"

  • Period: 1545 to 1563

    Council of Trent

    The Council of Trent was the formal Roman Catholic reply to the doctrinal challenges of the Protestant Reformation. It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.
  • St. Francis Xavier died in China
    1552

    St. Francis Xavier died in China

    Francis Xavier became ill on a desolate island in the Bay of Canton, China, and died there on December 3, 1552. Here he is accompanied by his Christian Chinese servant, Antonio, in a scene that combines death with a moment of visionary ecstasy.
  • St. Teresa of Avila opened her first reformed Carmelite convent
    1562

    St. Teresa of Avila opened her first reformed Carmelite convent

    On 24 August 1562, Teresa founded a new convent, San José. Known as Discalced Carmelites, the San José nuns remained cloistered and practiced mental prayer.
  • William Shakespeare was born
    1564

    William Shakespeare was born

  • St. Edmund Campion martyred
    1581

    St. Edmund Campion martyred

    St Edmund Campion SJ was martyred on 1st December 1581. 1st December is the day on which his Feast is celebrated in the British Province of the Society of Jesus.