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| 1540 |
| | Pope Paul III establishes Ignatius Loyola and his followers as the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits | |
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| 1541 |
| | Francis Xavier, companion of Ignatius Loyola and the first missionary of the Counter-Reformation, sets sail from Lisbon | |
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| 1542 |
| | Francis Xavier reaches Goa, at the start of the great mission to the east that will last the nine years until his death | |
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| 1580 |
| | The first Jesuit missionaries arrive in England, with Edmund Campion among their number | |
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| 1583 |
| | The Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China, and becomes the first western student of Chinese civilization | |
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| 1614 |
| | An edict is passed expelling Jesuit missionaries from Japan, and ordering their converts to revert to Buddhism | |
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| 1668 |
| | The Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great Lakes | |
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| 1759 |
| | The Portuguese expel the Jesuits from Brazil, beginning a widespread reaction against the order in Catholic Europe | |
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| 1769 |
| | Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra begins work at San Diego de Cala, the first of his nine California missions | |
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| 1773 |
| | Responding to pressure from the Catholic monarchs of Europe, Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order | |
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