Glimpses of Christian History's Chronological Index of Stories
A.D. 1501-1600

    1501 . . . The Reforming Raven, Anthony Corvinus
    1502 . . . Holy Shroud, Mysterious Relic
    1506 . . . St. Peters' New Foundation
    1509 . . . Fisher's Psalms for Penitents
    1509 . . . Michelangelo Unveiled Unfinished Chapel Ceiling
    1514 . . . Three Bibles in One: 1st Printed Polyglot
    1514 . . . Reuchlin Found Not Guilty
    1515 . . . 5th Lateran Council
    1516 . . . Erasmus Loaded the Reformation Cannon
    1516 . . . Glarean Blessed Erasmus
    1516 . . . Zurich Reform under Zwingli (Glimpses)
    1516ff . . John Foxe and His Book of Martyrs (Glimpses)
    1517 . . . Infamous Indulgence Led to Reformation
    1517 . . . Luther Posted 95 Theses
    1517 . . . Martin Luther: Monumental Reformer (Glimpses)
    1517ff . . A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Glimpses)
    1520 . . . Pope Leo X Condemned Luther of Heresy
    1521 . . . Martin Luther's Most Noble Words
    1521 . . . John Marbach Entered Reformation Fray
    1521 . . . Christmas Eve
    1522 . . . Dutchman Dedel Didn't Last Long
    1522 . . . Martin Chemnitz Preserved Lutheran Position
    1523 . . . Katie Luther's Family Pattern (Glimpses)
    1524 . . . German Peasant Revolt
    1524 . . . Johann von Staupitz, Luther's Confessor
    1525 . . . Anabaptists Took a Baby Step
    1525 . . . Conrad Grebel Drew Crowds in Switzerland
    1525 . . . Reformation Radicals: The Anabaptists (Glimpses)
    1525 . . . William Tyndale; God's Outlaw (Glimpses)

    1527 . . . Swiss Anabaptists' Seven-Point Confession
    1527 . . . Michael Sattler Tried for Being Anabaptist
    1527 . . . Sweden's Gustav Called Vesteras Assembly
    1527 . . . Martyr Synod Met in Augsburg
    1527 . . . Danish Odense Diet Let Lutherans Preach
    1527 . . . Hans Schlaffer Captured
    1528 . . . Martyrdom of Anabaptist Evangelist Hubmaier
    1528 . . . Adolf Clarenbach Arrested
    1529 . . . Valdes & Spanish Reformation
    1529 . . . Protestants 1st Called Protestants
    1529 . . . Marburg Colloquy Failed to Reach Consensus
    1530 . . . Schmalkald League Protected Lutherans
    1531 . . . Gentle Bilney Burned for Minor Difference
    1531 . . . Zwingli Perished by the Sword
    1531 . . . Oeceolampadius, the "House Light"
    1531 . . . Bullinger replaced Zwingli in Zurich
    1533 . . . Cranmer Got the Top Job but Didn't Want it!
    1533 . . . John Frith Burned for Beliefs
    1533 . . . Lowered over a Wall, Calvin Fled Paris
    1534 . . . Jacques Cartier Landed in Newfoundland
    1535 . . . Sir Thomas More's Utopian Head Rolled
    1535 . . . Coverdale Finished English Language Bible
    1536 . . . The Gentle Hutters Viciously Killed
    1536 . . . Wittenberg Concord on Body & Bread
    1536 . . . Translator William Tyndale Strangled and Burned
    1536 . . . Lutheranism Made Official in Denmark
    1536 . . . John Calvin Leads Geneva Reform (Glimpses)
    1539 . . . Odd Romance of John & Idelette Calvin (Glimpses)
    1540 . . . Birth of Super-Scholar Joseph Scaliger
    1540ff . . Wishart (Glimpses)
    1541 . . . The Prodigious Labors of Francis Xavier
    1541 . . . Regensburg Conference (Ratisbon) Began
    1541 . . . Xavier: A Man for Many Nations (Glimpses)
    1541 . . . England's Greatest Treasure (Glimpses)
    1543 . . . Peter Canisius Entered the Jesuits
    1546 . . . Beaton Burned George Wishart as Heretic
    1546 . . . Cardinal Beaton Murdered
    1546 . . . Anne Askew Condemned to Fire
    1546 . . . Persecution of George Wishart
    1546ff . . Knox Dreamed Big for God and Scotland (Glimpses)
    1547 . . . Trent on Justification
    1548 . . . Sigismund I, Polish King Tolerated Reformation
    1549 . . . Elizabeth Dirks Drowned as Anabaptist
    1549 . . . Nobrega's Jesuits Reached Brazil
    1550 . . . Martin Bucer Gave Edward Advice

    1551 . . . Palestrina's Path for Religious Music
    1552 . . . Matteo Ricci Intrigued China
    1553 . . . Lady Jane's Proclamation
    1553 . . . Michael Servetus Burned for Heresy
    1554 . . . Mary & Cardinal Pole Restored English Catholicism
    1555 . . . John Rogers, 1st of Many Martyrs
    1555 . . . John Hooper Burned in Gloucester
    1555 . . . Crowds Protested John Bradford's Burning
    1555 . . . James Abbes Burned in Bury, England
    1555 . . . Peace at Augsburg
    1555 . . . Bishops Ridley & Latimer Burned
    1555 . . . Because John Philpot Didn't Run, He Burned
    1555 . . . Johann Arndt Pointed the Way to Pietism
    1556 . . . Thomas Cranmer, Reluctant Martyr (Glimpses)
    1557 . . . Michael Agricola, Father of Finnish Literature
    1557 . . . Diabolical Death of Agnes Prest
    1556 . . . John Knox's Friends Turn the Tables
    1559 . . . John Jewel Preached a Historic Sermon
    1559 . . . Was "Nosey" Parker Properly Consecrated?
    1560 . . . Peter Palladius, Denmark's Dedicated Reformer
    1560 . . . Poland Didn't Listen Long to John Laski
    1560 . . . Feckenham Began 24 Prison Years
    1560 . . . Scottish Parliament Ratified Protestant Confession
    1561 . . . Poissy Conference Couldn't Cure France
    1561 . . . Kaspar Schwenkfeld Took a Separate Path
    1562 . . . Birth of Abbot, Manslaying Bible Translator
    1563 . . . Questions and Answers: Heidelberg Catechism
    1564 . . . The Last Sermon of John Calvin
    1564 . . . Philip Neri, the Common Denominator
    1565 . . . Pierre Viret Ordered Out of France
    1565 . . . Senseless Butchery of Florida's Huguenots
    1566 . . . Bartolomeo de Las Casas, Father to the Indians
    1567 . . . Birthday of Congregationalism?
    1567 . . . The Faith, Hope & Love of Francis de Sales
    1567 . . . Napoleon Crowned Himself in Notre Dame
    1568 . . . Counts Egmont & Hoorn Beheaded at Brussels
    1568 . . . John of the Cross: Hovel or Step to Heaven?
    1569 . . . Dirk Willem Burned after Rescuing Pursuer
    1569 . . . Ivan the Terrible Murdered Philip of Moscow
    1570 . . . Pius V Excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I
    1571ff . . Kepler: the Heavens Declare God's Glory (Glimpses)
    1572 . . . Jeanne D'Albret's Penalties
    1572 . . . Nineteen from Gorcum Died, Defending Catholicism
    1572 . . . Not Peace but a Sword on St. Bartholomew's Day
    1572 . . . Huguenots: Driven out of France (Glimpses)
    1574 . . . Leyden's Dikes Won Protestant Victory
    1575 . . . Jacob Boehme's Influence Begins
    1575 . . . Reformer Richard Taverner's up-and-down Career

    1576 . . . Puritan Peter Wentworth Went to the Tower
    1576 . . . Grindal Bucked Queen Elizabeth
    1578 . . . Accidental Discovery of Roman Catacombs
    1579 . . . 1st Anglican Service in the New World
    1580 . . . Lutheran Book of Concord Went on Sale
    1581 . . . Edmund Campion, a Diamond of England, Betrayed
    1582 . . . Give Us Back Our Days: Gregory's Calendar Reform
    1582 . . . Famous Carmelite, Teresa of Avila
    1583 . . . Bernard Gilpin, Apostle of the North
    1585 . . . Heinrich Schutz Fulfilled Luther's Dream
    1588 . . . John Winthrop Made Massachusetts a Success
    1588 . . . Spanish Armada Sailed to its Doom
    1591 . . . Original Anne Hutchinson Christened
    1592 . . . Comenius: Born to Learn & Teach
    1593 . . . Hasty Call to Assemble at Upsalla
    1593 . . . John Penry Pleaded for Welsh Soulwinners
    1593 . . . Henry IV Renounced Protestant Faith
    1595 . . . Conscientious Poet Robert Southwell
    1595 . . . Edward Winslow, Massachusetts Original
    1597 . . . A Deadly Mix Leads to Martyrdoms in Japan
    1597 . . . "Clearly Unworthy" Thought Gerard
    1598 . . . Edict of Nantes Relieved Huguenots
    1599 . . . Synod at Diamper, India
    1600 . . . Bruno, Last Heretic Burned by Roman Inquisition
    1600ff . . Samuel Rutherford's Lasting Legacy (Glimpses)