Council of Basel convened regarding Hussite wars, Ottomans rise & papal supremacy
Religion
1431
Hussites recognized as part of Catholic Church in the Compacta of Basel
Peace
1436
Pope Sixtus IV supports Inquisition throughout Ferdinand's Aragon territories
Religion
1483
Dominican friar Savonarola burned at the stake in Florence
Religion
1498
Michelangelo is commissioned by Pope Julius II to paint Sistine Chapel ceiling
Arts
1508
"The School of Athens" is completed by Raphael
Arts
1510
Mutinous imperial army sacks Rome bringing shame to Charles V
War
1527
Ignatius Loyola founds Society of Jesus
Religion
1534
Pope Paul III sanctions Roman Inquisition, which later tries Galileo Galilei
Religion
1542
The Council of Trent takes 18 years to define counter-reformation church doctrine
Religion
1563
Pius V becomes Pope in 1566
Religion
1566
Ottoman navy defeated at Battle of Lepanto in the last battle of oared galleys
War
1571
Catholics in Europe adopt the Gregorian calendar instituted by Pope Gregory XIII
Religion
1582
Giordano Bruno, former Dominican friar, burns as a heretic in Rome
Religion
1600
Urban VIII becomes Pope in 1623
Religion
1623
Pope Urban VIII dedicates St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
Arts
1626
Galileo recants Copernican heliocentrism after threat of torture from Inquisition
Religion
1633
Monasteries in Europe reach their peak between 1725 and 1775
Religion
1750
Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar
Culture
1752
Clement XIV abolishes the Society of Jesus
Religion
1773
Pope Pious IX promotes doctrine of papal infallibility
Religion
1870
Pope John XXIII urges reform in Second Vatican Council
Religion
1962
Pope Paul VI embraces the Patriarch, Athenagoras I, in Jerusalem
Religion
1964
Pope Paul VI's Humanae Vitae condemns all forms of artificial birth control
Religion
1968
Pope John Paul II, the first Polish pope, returns home to 2 million cheering Poles
Religion
1979
John Paul II visits Nicaragua to support archbishop against "liberation theology"
Religion
1983