| 1452 | Leonardo da Vinci is born. | ||
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| 1452 | Robert Bellarmine is born. | ||
| 1455 | Johannes Gutenberg completes printing the Bible in Mainz using movable type | ||
| 1455 | Pope Callistus III elected. | ||
| 1456 | Sylvester Mazzolini Prierias is born. | ||
| 1458 | Pope Pius II elected. | ||
| 1459 | Pope Adrian VI is born. | ||
| 1460 | James Hochstraten is born. | ||
| 1464 | Pope Paul II elected. | ||
| 1465 | Johann Tetzel probably born in this year. | ||
| 1469 | Desiderus Erasmus is born. | ||
| 1469 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan is born. | ||
| 1471 | Pope Sixtus IV elected. | ||
| 1471 | Prierias becomes a Dominican. | ||
| 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus is born. | ||
| 1475 | Michelangelo is born. | ||
| 1475 | Pope Leo X is born. | ||
| 1478 | Sixtus IV empowers the Catholic sovereigns to set up the Inquisition. | ||
| 1478 | Pope Clement VII is born. | ||
| 1479 | Johannes Cochlaeus is born. | ||
| 1483 | Gasparo Contarini is born. | ||
| 1484 | Pope Innocent VIII elected. | ||
| 1486 | Johann (John) Eck is born. | ||
| 1487 | Pope Julius III is born. | ||
| 1488 | Cajetan begins studies in Bologna. | ||
| 1489 | John Cochlaeus is born. | ||
| 1490 | Vittoria Colonna is born. | ||
| 1490 | Albert Pighius is born. | ||
| 1491 | Ignatius Loyola is born. | ||
| 1491 | Cajetan goes to Padua to finish studies and teach. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1492 | The Moors are driven out of Granada and Ferdinand and Isabella expel the Jews from Spain. | ||
| 1492 | Pope Alexander VI elected. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1493 | Cajetan begins lecturing at Padua on Peter Lombard's Sentences. | ||
| 1494 | Cajetan appointed university chair of Thomistic studies at Padua. | ||
| 1494 | Anna Bijns is born. | ||
| 1495 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros becomes archbishop of Toledo. | ||
| 1495 | Prierias begins teaching at Bologna. | ||
| 1496 | Cajetan publishes commentary on Aquinas' On Being and Essence. | ||
| 1497 | Cajetan becomes professor of Thomistic theology in Pavia. | ||
| 1498 | Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake. | ||
| 1498 | Johann Eck enters University of Heidelberg. | ||
| 1498 | Cajetan publishes The Analogy of Names. | ||
| 1499 | Cajetan called to teach in Milan. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1500 | Juan de Valdes is born. | ||
| 1500 | Reginald Pole is born. | ||
| 1501 | Johann Eck receives MA from Tubingen. | ||
| 1501 | Cajetan called to Rome and appointed procurator general of Dominicans. | ||
| 1502 | Johann Eck publishes On the Primacy of Peter against Luther. A report on the Leipzig debate with Luther and Karlstadt. | ||
| 1502 | Pope Gregory XIII is born. | ||
| 1503 | Pope Pius elected. | ||
| 1503 | Pope Julius II elected. | ||
| 1506 | Pope Julius II orders work on St. Peterís Basilica in Rome. | ||
| 1506 | Francis Xavier is born. | ||
| 1506 | Cajetan publishes: On Interpretation, Posterior Analytics, The Categories, Metaphysics | ||
| 1507 | Pope appoints Cajetan as vicar general of Dominicans. | ||
| 1508 | Johann Eck is ordained. | ||
| 1508 | Cajetan sends Dominicans to the New World. | ||
| 1508 | Paola Antonia Negri is born. | ||
| 1509 | Erasmus writes In Praise of Folly. | ||
| 1509 | Vittoria Colonna marries Ferrante Francesco d'Avalos, a Spanish noble. | ||
| 1510 | Johann Eck receives Doctor of Theology from University of Freiburg and begins to teach at Ingolstadt. | ||
| 1510 | Cajetan publishes The Infinity of the First Mover. | ||
| 1511 | Cajetan publishes A Comparison of the Authority of the Pope and Councils | ||
| 1513 | Giovanni de Medici becomes Pope Leo X. | ||
| 1513 | Battle of the Spurs: Henry VIII's forces defeat the French, at Guinegate. | ||
| 1514 | Prierias begins teaching in Rome. | ||
| 1514 | Prierias publishes *Summa Silvestrina.* | ||
| 1515 | Teresa of Avila is born. | ||
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano. | ||
| 1515 | Prierias named "Master of the Sacred Palace,"the court theologian to pope Leo X. | ||
| 1516 | Erasmus' Greek New Testament published. | ||
| 1517 | The Oratory of Divine Love is founded in Rome | ||
| 1517 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros' Complutensian Polyglot Bible (began in 1502) is completed | ||
| 1517 | Cajetan named cardinal by pope Leo X. | ||
| 1517 | Pope Leo X commissions Prierias to respond to Luther's 95 thesis. Prierias' *Dialogus* is sent to Luther who responds with *Responsio.* | ||
| 1519 | Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1519 | Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. | Leipzig Disputation | |
| 1519 | Maximillian I dies. | ||
| 1519 | Pope Innocent IX is born. | ||
| 1521 | Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII ìDefender of the Faithî for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. | ||
| 1521 | Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded in battle at Pamplona. | ||
| 1521 | Peter Canisius is born. | ||
| 1521 | Peter Canisius is born. | ||
| 1521 | Pope Leo X dies. | ||
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 1522 | Pope Adrian VI elected. | ||
| 1522 | Ignatius Loyola spends a year at Manresa. | ||
| 1522 | Bartolome de las Casas becomes a Dominican. | ||
| 1522 | Cajetan sent by pope Adrian VI as legate to Hungary. | ||
| 1523 | Pope Clement VII elected. | ||
| 1523 | Cajetan completes 4th volume of his commentary on Aquinas' Summa. | ||
| 1523 | Sylvester Mazzolini Prierias dies. | ||
| 1523 | Pope Adrian VI dies. | ||
| 1524 | Erasmus writes On the Freedom of the Will. | ||
| 1524 | Gaetano de Thiene founds the Theatines. | ||
| 1524 | May 30 | Peasants in the Black Forest region of Germany begin Peasants' War. | Peasants' War |
| 1525 | Eck publishes Arguments against Luther and Other Enemies of the Church. | ||
| 1525 | Johann Eck publishes his most important work, Enchiridian. | ||
| 1525 | Vittoria Colonna's husband dies. | ||
| 1525 | Vittoria Colonna enters the Convent of San Silvestro in Rome. | ||
| 1526 | Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal. | ||
| 1526 | First Diet of Speyer. | ||
| 1526 | Wolsey summons Thomas Bilney and he is forced to take an oath not to disseminate Luther's views. | ||
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Moh·cs. | Battle of Moh·cs |
| 1527 | Johann Eck publishes On the Sacrifice of the Mass to refute Zwingli's rejection of the mass. | ||
| 1527 | James Hochstraten dies. | ||
| 1528 | Sommaschi founded. | ||
| 1528 | Ignatius Loyola graduates from University of Paris. | ||
| 1528 | Anna Bijns publishes twenty-three poems condemning the reformation. | ||
| 1529 | Matteo da Bascio founds the Capuchins. | ||
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1529 | Second Diet of Speyer. | Diet of Speyer 1529 | |
| 1530 | Anton Maria Zaccaria founds the Barnabites (Clerks Regular of St. Paul). | ||
| 1530 | Cesare Baronius is born. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1534 | Pope Paul III elected. | ||
| 1534 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan dies. | ||
| 1534 | Pope Clement VII dies. | ||
| 1534 | August 15 | Ignatius Loyola and six others (including Francis Xavier) take vows of celebacy and poverty and commit to serving God. | |
| 1535 | Angela Merici founds the Ursulines. | ||
| 1535 | Pope Gregory XIV is born. | ||
| 1536 | Teresa of Avila enters Carmelite convent in Avila. | ||
| 1536 | Gasparo Contarini asked by pope Paul III to lead papal reform commission. | ||
| 1536 | Anna Bijns opens a one-room school. | ||
| 1536 | Pope Clement VIII is born. | ||
| 1537 | Johann Eck publishes a German translation of the Bible. | ||
| 1537 | Vittoria Colonna travels to Ferrera to seek permission to found a Capuchin convent there. | ||
| 1538 | A book of Vittoria Colonna's poetry is published in Parma. | ||
| 1540 | Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus. | ||
| 1541 | Regensburg Colloquy. | ||
| 1541 | Juan de Valdes dies. | ||
| 1541 | Vittoria Colonna enters the convent of San Caterina at Viterbo. | ||
| 1541 | Peter Canisius becomes the first Jesuit in Germany. | ||
| 1542 | Gasparo Contarini dies. | ||
| 1542 | Pope Paul III establishes the Congregation of the Inquisition. | ||
| 1542 | Albert Pighius dies. | ||
| 1542 | Robert Bellarmine is born. | ||
| 1543 | Johann Eck dies. | ||
| 1545 | Council of Trent begins its first session. | Council of Trent | |
| 1546 | July | Schmalkald War begins. | Schmalkald War |
| 1547 | Vittoria Colonna dies. | ||
| 1547 | Peter Canisius advises Cardinal Georg Truchsess von Waldburg at the Council of Trent. | ||
| 1547 | April | Schmalkald War ends. | |
| 1548 | Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Excercises first published in its entirety. | ||
| 1548 | Anna Bijns publishes another anti-Lutheran work: The Second Book Containing Many Beautifully Artistic Refrains. | ||
| 1549 | Peter Canisius begins teaching at the University of Ingolstadt. | ||
| 1550 | Pope Julius III elected. | ||
| 1550 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes In Defense of the Indians. | ||
| 1551 | Council of Trent begins its second session. | ||
| 1552 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes The Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indes. | ||
| 1552 | Francis Xavier dies. | ||
| 1552 | John Cochlaeus dies. | ||
| 1553 | Constantinople falls to the Turks. | ||
| 1554 | Pope Gregory XV is born. | ||
| 1555 | Pope Marcellus II elected. | ||
| 1555 | Pope Paul IV elected. | ||
| 1555 | Peter Canisius publishes his first catechism written for priests and adults. | ||
| 1555 | Paola Antonia Negri dies. | ||
| 1555 | Pope Julius III dies. | ||
| 1556 | Ignatius Loyola dies. | ||
| 1556 | Peter Canisius publishes a catechism for children and one for youth. | ||
| 1557 | Peter Canisius attends the Colloquy of Worms. | ||
| 1558 | Charles V dies. | ||
| 1558 | Reginald Pole dies. | ||
| 1559 | Pope Pius IV elected. | ||
| 1559 | Pope Paul IV approves and publishes the first Index of Forbidden Books. | ||
| 1562 | Council of Trent begins its third session. | ||
| 1562 | Teresa of Avila founds St. Joseph's convent in Avila. | ||
| 1566 | Pope Pius V elected. | ||
| 1567 | Third volume of Anna Bijns poetry is published. | ||
| 1571 | Peter Canisius publishes Life of John the Baptist. | ||
| 1572 | Pope Gregory XIII elected. | ||
| 1572 | August 24 | St Bartholomew's Day Massacre about 100,000 Huguenots slaughtered. | |
| 1575 | Anna Bijns probably dies. | ||
| 1577 | Peter Canisius publishes The Life of Virgin Mary. | ||
| 1580 | Peter Canisius founds a Jesuit college in Fribourg. | ||
| 1582 | Teresa of Avila dies. | ||
| 1585 | Pope Gregory XIII dies. | ||
| 1591 | Pope Gregory XIV dies. | ||
| 1591 | Pope Innocent IX dies. | ||
| 1597 | Peter Canisius dies. | ||
| 1605 | Pope Clement VIII dies. | ||
| 1607 | Cesare Baronius dies. | ||
| 1621 | Robert Bellarmine dies. | ||
| 1623 | Pope Gregory XV dies. |