| 1436 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros is born. | |
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| 1473 | Cardinal Ximenez is imprisoned by Alonso de Carrillo archbishop of Toledo. | |
| 1479 | Cardinal Ximenez is released from prison by Archbishop Carrillo. | |
| 1482 | Cardinal Ximenez is appointed vicar- general of Siguenza. | |
| 1484 | Cardinal Ximenez enters a convent in Toledo. | |
| 1492 | Cardinal Ximenez is appointed confessor to Queen Isabella I. | |
| 1495 | Cardinal Ximenez begins Catholic reform in Spain | |
| 1495 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros becomes archbishop of Toledo. | |
| 1507 | Cardinal Ximenez is named inquisitor general and becomes a cardinal. | |
| 1508 | Cardinal Ximenez founds the University of Alcala. | |
| 1517 | Cardinal Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros dies at Roa. |