| Date |
Event |
| 1440-1455 |
- Gutenberg's invention of moveable type enabled printing and distribution of Bible and other information to the masses, which enabled works of Martin Luther and other reformers to be circulated throughout Europe.
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| ca. 1500 |
- Erasmus (1467-1563) begins to write and preach to reform the church.
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| 1512 |
- Jacques le Fevre (Jacobus Faber) writes Aaneti Pauli Epistolas.
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| 1515 |
- Accession of Francis I of France.
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| 1516 |
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| 1521 |
- Martin Luther proclaims documents of Reformation.
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| 1523 |
- First French translation of the Bible.
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| After 1525 |
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| 1526 |
- Tyndale's English version of the New Testament printed in Antwerp.
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| 1529 |
- Louis de Berquin burnt at the stake.
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| 1534 |
- Protestant placard campaign in Paris. Calvin settles in Basle, Switzerland.
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| 1535 |
- Edict banning all heretics in France.
- First refugees leave France.
- Publication of Tyndale and Coverdale Bible in English in Hamburg.
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| 1538 |
- Foundation of the French Protestant church at Strasbourg.
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| 1539 |
- Bernard Palissy settles at Saintes.
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| 1540 |
- First substantial Huguenot settlements in Kent and Suxes, England.
- French trading station established at Sheepshead Bay, NY. (Called Angouleine).
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| 1541 |
- French forts established near Quebec.
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| 1545 |
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| 1547 |
- Death of Henry VIII of England; accession of Edward VI.
- Death of Francis I of France; accession of Henry II.
- Protestantism established officially in England.
- Increased immigration of Huguenots to Kent, especially Canterbury.
- Chambre Ardente established in Paris.
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| 1548 |
- Large groups of French Huguenots began escaping to Channel Islands.
- First Huguenot congregation established at Canterbury by Jan Utehove and Francois de la Riviere of Orleans.
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| 1550 |
- Temple of Jesus licensed, earliest foreign Protestant Church in London.
- Church of St. Anthony's Hospital in Threadneedle Street, London, given to French Huguenots.
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