Hitory Dates

Question 1

1497

Answer 1

Oratory was founded in Genoa

Question 2

1500

Answer 2

First Franciscan mission in the Caribbean

Question 3

1502-1522

Answer 3

Production of the Polyglot (Complutensian) Bible in Alcala

Question 4

1512-1517

Answer 4

Fifth Lateran Council

Question 5

1515-1534

Answer 5

Briconnet reformed the diocese of Meaux

Question 6

1516

Answer 6

Erasmus translates the Greek New Testament and Latin Vulgate

Question 7

1517

Answer 7

Luther’s 95 Theses

Question 8

1524

Answer 8

Theatines established in Rome

Question 9

1527

Answer 9

Sack of Rome

Question 10

1528

Answer 10

Capuchins began in Ancona; reform of diocese of Verona begun by Giberti

Question 11

1534-49

Answer 11

Pontificate of Paul III

Question 12

1535

Answer 12

Ursulines began in Brescia

Question 13

1537

Answer 13

Report on the state of the Italian Church: Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia

Question 14

1540

Answer 14

Society of Jesus Papal approval (5000 Jesuits priests in 1600)

Question 15

1541

Answer 15

Colloquy of Regensburg; Xavier renamed Legate for the Indies (d. 1552)

Question 16

1542

Answer 16

Roman Inquisition and Index established; death of Cardinal Contarini

Question 17

1545-7

Answer 17

First session of the Council of Trent

Question 18

1548

Answer 18

Loyola published first edition of the Spiritual Exercises

Question 19

1549-97

Answer 19

Canisius led the Jesuit mission in the Empire

Question 20

1551-2

Answer 20

Second session of the Council of Trent

Question 21

1555

Answer 21

‘The Reservation’ (clause 18 of the Peace of Augsburg)

Question 22

1556

Answer 22

Accession of Philip II of Spain (reigned to 1598)

Question 23

1559

Answer 23

Roman and Spanish Indices established

Question 24

1562

Answer 24

Teresa of Avila founded the order of the Discalced Carmelites

Question 25

1562-3

Answer 25

Third Session of the Council of Trent

Question 26

1564

Answer 26

Publication of the Tridentine Decrees and Creed

Question 27

1565-84

Answer 27

Archbishop Borromeo implemented Tridentine reforms in Milan

Question 28

1459-1517

Answer 28

Ximenez de Cisneros reformed monastic orders in Castile

Question 29

1566-72

Answer 29

Pontificate of Pius V; publication of the Roman Catechism 1566

Question 30

1570

Answer 30

Publication of the revised Roman (or Pian) Missal

Question 31

1572-85

Answer 31

Pontificate of Gregory XIII

Question 32

1572

Answer 32

Papal nunciature established in Poland

Question 33

1580

Answer 33

Four Papal nunciatures established within the Empire

Question 34

1583

Answer 34

Matteo Ricci arrived in China

Question 35

1585-90

Answer 35

Pontificate of Sixtus V

Question 36

1586-93

Answer 36

Bellarmine published the controversies refuting Protestant theology

Question 37

1588

Answer 37

Reorganisation of papal administration: creation of 15 congregations

Question 38

1598

Answer 38

Edict of Nates in France

Question 39

1600

Answer 39

Jubilee year and completion of St Peters; Giordano Bruno burnt

Question 40

1610

Answer 40

Henry IV / Henry Navarre assassinated