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The Elizabethan Settlement
1559
Mary Tudor (a.k.a. Bloody Mary) becomes Queen of England and attempts to restore the authority of the Catholic Church in England.
1553
Jan Hus is burned at the stake
1415
Ottomans capture Constantinople , the seat of the Byzantine Empire
1453
Concordat of Bologna gives the French King the right to appoint bishops in France, and the Pope the right to collect income from French Churches; Charles V becomes King of Spain after Ferdinand’s death
1516
Martin Luther nails the 95 Theses on the door of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany
1517
Charles V becomes Holy Roman Emperor with death of Maximilian I.
1519
The English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy, which made Henry VIII the supreme head of the Church of England and severed ties with the Catholic Church.
1534
Mary dies and Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England.
1558
Massacre of Vassy sparks the Riots of Toulouse and the French Wars of Religion
1562
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
1572
Henry IV (previously known as Henry Navarre) ascends the throne of France
1589
Henry IV converts to Catholicism
1593
Edict of Nantes makes Catholicism the official religion of France and allows Huguenots freedom of worship in certain French Provinces.
1598
Peace of Westphalia
1648
Death of King Matthias of Bohemia and conflict over his successor begins the Thirty Years’ War
1618
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