| 1501 |
Burning of books against
the authority of the Church ordered by papal bull. |
| 1503 |
Birth of Nostradamus. |
| 1509 |
Birth of John Calvin.
Beginning of slave trade; Bartolome
de Las Casas, Roman Catholic bishop of Chiapas, proposes that each Spanish
settler should bring a certain number of Negro slaves to the New World. |
| 1512 |
Copernicus writes that
"the earth and other planets turn around the sun." |
| 1516 |
Erasmus produces a
Greek/Latin parallel New Testament.
Sir Thomas More publishes
"Utopia." |
| 1517 |
Martin Luther posts his 95
theses on the door of Palast Church in Wittenberg on Oct. 31. |
| 1518 |
License granted to Lorens
de Gominot to import 4000 African slaves to Spanish American colonies. |
| 1520 |
Chocolate brought from
Mexico to Spain. |
| 1522 |
Beginning of the
Anabaptist movement in Germany under Thomas Munzer.
Pope Leo X excommunicates Luther.
Luther burns the bull publicly.
Polyglot Bible published by the
University of Alcala (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. |
| 1522 |
Martin Luther translates
the New Testament into German. |
| 1524 |
Zwingli abolishes Catholic
Mass in Zurich. |
| 1525 |
William Tyndale translate
the New Testament into English. It is the first New Testament to be
printed in the English language.
Luther marries former nun Katherine
von Bora. |
| 1527 |
First Protestant
university founded at Marburg. |
| 1531 |
First complete edition of
Aristotle's works published by Erasmus.
Halley's comet. |
| 1532 |
English clergy submit to
Henry VIII.
Reformation in France (John Calvin). |
| 1537 |
Myles Coverdale translated
the Bible (80 Books: O.T. & N.T. & Apocrypha) into English.
It is the first complete Christian Bible to be printed in the English
language .
John "Thomas Matthew"
Rogers translates the Bible. It is the second complete Christian
Bible (80 books) to be printed in English. It is known as
"Matthew's Bible". |
| 1539 |
The "Great
Bible" (80 books) printed. It was the first English language
Bible to be "authorized" for "public use". |
| 1540 |
The "Great
Bible" translation revised. |
| 1541 |
John Knox leads Calvinist
Reformation in Scotland. |
| 1543 |
English Parliament made it
illegal for unlicensed people to read or expound the Bible publicly and
forbade the private reading of the Bible by those belonging to the lower
classes.
First Protestants burned at the stake
by Spanish Inquisition. |
| 1545 |
Council of Trent. |
| 1546 |
King Henry VIII
made it illegal for anyone "to receive, have, take, or Keep Tyndale's
or Coverdale's New Testament." Bibles are ceremoniously burned
in London.
Death of Martin Luther. |
| 1547 |
Death of Henry VIII and
explosion in the number of English copies of the Bible. |
| 1553 |
Mary takes the
throne and returns to the policies of Henry VIII; Bibles are once again
burned. |
| 1557 |
Whittingham translation of
the New Testament. |
| 1560 |
The Geneva Bible (80
books) printed; it was the first English language Bible to have numbered
verses.
First scientific society founded at
Naples. |
| 1562 |
1200 French Huguenots
slain at the Massacre of Vassy; the first War of Religion begins.
First bladder & cataract
operations performed in France.
Plague in Paris. |
| 1563 |
John Foxe publishes
"Book of Martyrs."
Term "Puritan" first used
in England.
General outbreak of plague in Europe
& England. |
| 1564 |
Birth of Galileo Galilei. |
| 1565 |
Royal College of
Physicians, London, empowered to carry out human dissections. |
| 1568 |
The Bishop's Bible printed
(80 books). |
| 1571 |
Johann Kepler, German
astronomer, born. |
| 1578 |
Catacombs of Rome
discovered. |
| 1582 |
Rheimes New Testament
translated. |
| 1588 |
Vatican Library opened in
Rome. |
| 1596 |
Rene Descartes, French
philosopher born.
Galileo invents thermometer. |
| 1599 |
James IV of Scotland:
"Basilikon doron," on divine right of kings. |
| 1600 |
Tycho Brahe & Johann
Kepler work together at Prague.
East India Company founded. |
| 1602 |
Conrad Kircher: "A
Concordance to the Septuagint." |
| 1603 |
Roger Williams born. |
| 1605 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico
founded. |
| 1606 |
Virginia Company of London
granted royal charter, sends 120 colonists to Virginia. |
| 1607 |
Founding of Jamestown,
Va., first English settlement on American mainland. |
| 1608 |
Galileo constructs
astronomical telescope.
First checks - "cash
letters" - used in Netherlands. |
| 1609 |
The Douay Old Testament
added to the Rheimes New Testament (80 books); translated from the Latin
Vulgate.
The Emperor Rudolf II permits freedom
of religion in Bohemia. |
| 1610 |
Jean Beguin publishes
first textbook of chemistry.
Galileo observes Jupiter's moons and
names them. |
| 1611 |
The King James translation
(80 books) completed and printed. |
