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1512
Jacques le Fevre (Jacobus Faber) writes Aaneti Pauli Epistolas. 1515
Accession of Francis I of France.
1516
Concordat of Bologna.
1521
Martin Luther proclaims documents of Reformation. 1523
First French translation of the Bible.
After
1525
John Calvin led Protestant Reformation in France and Switzerland. 1526
Tyndale's English version of the New Testament printed in Antwerp. 1529
Louis de Berquin burnt at the stake.
1534
Protestant placard campaign in Paris.
Calvin settles in Basle, Switzerland.
1535
Edict banning all heretics in France.
First refugees leave France.
Publication of Tyndale and Coverdale Bible in English in Hamburg. 1538
Foundation of the French Protestant church at Strasbourg. 1539
Bernard Palissy settles at Saintes.
1540
First substantial Huguenot settlements in Kent and Suxxes, England.
French trading station established at Sheepshead Bay, NY. (Called
Angouleine).
1541
French forts established near Quebec.
1545
Jean de Maynier, baron d'Oppede, orders massacre of Waldensians at
Merindol and Cabrieres. Protestants massacreed in 22 French towns and 14
members of Protestant church at Mejux burned at stake over religion.
1547
Death of Henry VIII of England;
accesion of Edward VI.
Death of Francis I of France;
accesion of Henry II.
Protestantism established officially in England. Increased immigration
of Huguenots to Kent, especially Canterbury. Chambre Ardente established
in Paris.
1548
Large groups of French Huguenots began escaping to Channel Islands.
First Huguenot congregation estalised at Canterbury by Jan Utehove and
Francois de la Riviere of Orleans.
1550
Temple of Jesus licensed, earliest foreign Protestant Church in London.
Church of St. Anthony's Hospital in Threeadneedle Street, London, given
to French Huguenots.
June 27,
1551
Edict of Chateaubriand placed severe restrictions on Protestants,
including loss of one-third of property to informers and confiscation of
all property of those who left France. "Heretical" books were forbidden
or censored.
1553
Death of Edward VI;
accesion of Mary I of England.
Dispersion of London Protestants;
persecution of English Protestants begins. 1555
French Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader, envisions French
Portestant colony in Brazil. King Henry II consented and colony was
wiped out in
1557
by the Portuguese.
First Huguenot consistory in Paris.
Sept.,
1555
First Protestant Church in Paris, France, organized in a home. Date
sometimes given as 1556.
1556
Philip II succeeds to throne of Spain.
1558
Death of Mary I of England;
accession of Elizabeth I.
1559
Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis.
First national synod of the Reformed Churches of France in Paris at
which 15 Protestant churches are represented. Death of Henry II;
accession of Francis II of France..
1560
Conspiracy of Amboise to kill the king of France fails. Edict of
Romorantin lays interdict on Protestantism. Meeting of States General at
Orleans. Death of Francis II; accession of Charles IX of France. July,
1561
Royal edict authorizes imprisonment and confiscation of property upon
all who attend any "heretical" (non-Roman Catholic) public or private
worship service. Beginning of new influx of refugees to Kent from Low
Countries, Picardy, Artois and Flanders. Coiloque of Poissy attempts to
bring about a modus vevendi between Catholics and Protestants in France.
Jan.,
1562
Royal edict of Saint-Germain recognizes new religion as legal and offers
some protection. Massacre of Vassy. First battle of civil war in France
at Dreux. Siege of Rouen.
Feb. 18,
1562
French colonists, mostly Protestants, set sail to start colony in
Florida.
Mar.,
1562
Masacree of Protestants at Vassy starts first Civil War in France over
religion. Forces of Duke of Guise attachedd a Protestant assembly in one
of the towns of Champagne and killed some 50 to 60 worshipers. First
battle of civil war at Dreux.
1563
Assassination of Francis, duke of Guise. Pacification of Amboise.
1564
French settlement at Fort Caroline, Florida, founded. Treaty of Troyes.
Sept.,
1565
Spanish forces captured Fort Caroline and slaughtered all inhabitants.
1567
Seige of Saint-Denis.
Death of Montmorency.
1567-
1568
Huguenot thread and lace makers established in Maidstone, England.
Others escaped to Cranfield in Bedfordshire and others to the shires of
Oxford, Northampton and Cambridge. Huguenots established glassworks in
London during this period.
1568
Treaty of Longjumeau.
Fort Caroline recaptured by French.
1569
Battle of Jarnac.
Death of Conde.
Battle of Montcontour.
Peace of St. Germain.
1570
Henry of Navarre affianced to Marguerite de Valois. 1572
Anglo-French Treaty of Blois.
Death of Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarre. Marriage of Henry of Navarre
and Marguerite deValois. Aug. 24,
1572
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris and elsewhere in France in which
thousands of Huguenots were lulled into a sense of false safety by King
Charles IX and Queen Mother Catherine and slaughtered. Duc de Guise
(Henri I de Lorraine) personally killed Admiral Gaspard de Coligny.
Slaughter continues until October. Civil War Begins. 1573
Duke of Anjou elected king of Poland.
Edict of Boulonge.
1574
Death of Charles IX;
accession of Henry III of France.
Huguenot settlement at Winchester, England, moved to Canterbury. Truce
with Huguenots in France.
1575
Confederation of Milhaud.
1576
Formation of the Holy League.
Peace of Monsieur and defeat of Henry III. War renewed.
1577
Peace of Bergerac.
1579
Peace of Fleix.
Ordonnance of Blois.
1584
Death of duke of Anjou;
Henry of Navarre becomes heir to the throne of France. Duke of Guise
proclaims Cardinal de Bourbon heir apparent. Treaty of Joinville.
1585
Henry III forced to surrender to the League and the Guises. Treaty of
Nemours.
Outbreak of the War of the Three Henrys. 1586
Truce of Saint-Brice.
1587
Execution of Mary, queen of Scots.
Battle of Coutras.
Battle of Auneau.
1588
Day of the Barricades.
Spanish Armada.
Edict of Union.
Duke of Guise and cardinal of Guise
assassinated at Blois.
1589
Henry III assassinated;
accession of Henry of Navarre as Henry IV of France. Death of Catherine
de Medici. Battle of Arques.
Death of Cardinal de Bourbon (Charles X). 1590
Battle of Ivy.
Seige of Paris.
1592
Battle of Aumale.
1593
States General meet in Paris to elect king. Henry IV converted to
Catholicism.
1594
Henry IV crowned at Cartres.
Henry IV enters Paris.
1595
Defeat of Spanish at Fontaine-Francaise. 1596
Conference of Notables at Rouen.
1597
Spanish capture Amiens.
French recapture Amiens.
1598
Peace of Vervins.
Death of Philip II of Spain.
Apr. 13,
1598
Edict of Nantes proclaimed returning civil and religious freedom to
Protestants.
So strong were Protestants in LaRochelle that Roman Catholic mass had
not been said in 40 years. Huguenots, for a time, became a strong
political power in France. End of Franco-Spanish War. Sable Island
colony of Nova Scotia founded.
1599
Pierre Charivia was commissioned by King Henry IV to colonize North
America and established trading posts on St. Lawrence River in Canada.
1600
Tadoussac on the St. Lawrence founded.
Spanish defeated at Nieuport.


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