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Events relating to religion
Mary I causes grave offence in England by her marriage to the Catholic heir to the king of Spain
The Peace of Augsburg achieves a compromise which for a while solves the religious tensions deriving from the Reformation
The Protestant martyrs, though few in number, ensure the reputation of Bloody Mary in English history
John Knox returns to Scotland from Geneva and inspires the Protestants to march on Edinburgh
A national synod of France's Protestants, the Huguenots, is convened in Paris
Mary Queen of Scots returns from France to Edinburgh, and to an inevitable clash with John Knox
The bishop of Transylvania, Ferenc Dávid, preaches that only God the Father is divine, launching the Unitarian faith
The Book of Common Prayer and the New Testament are published in Welsh, to be followed by the complete Bible in 1588
Pope Pius V excommunicates the English queen, Elizabeth I, causing a severe crisis of loyalty for her Catholic subjects
A massacre of French Protestants, known as the Huguenots, begins in Paris on St Bartholomew's Day
The Union of Arras and the Union of Utrecht split the Netherlands into Catholic and Protestant camps
The first Jesuit missionaries arrive in England, with Edmund Campion among their number
Catholics are now the martyrs in England, their numbers almost matching the Protestant martyrs of the previous reign
Arjan, the fifth Sikh guru, builds many gurdwaras and commences the holy city of Amritsar
Henry IV becomes a Catholic so as to secure Paris and the throne of France
The Edict of Nantes secures the civil rights of France's Protestants, the Huguenots
James I commissions the Authorized version of the Bible, which is completed by forty-seven scholars in seven years
The Gunpowder Plot, attempting murder and treason, severely damages the Catholic cause in Britain
A shipload of Puritans, among them some of the future Pilgrim Fathers, sail from Boston in Lincolnshire to seek religious freedom in Holland
The establishment of a Baptist church in London is a defining moment for the Baptist sect within Christianity
An edict is passed expelling Jesuit missionaries from Japan, and ordering their converts to revert to Buddhism
The Protestant Frederick V (elector palatine of the Rhine) is elected king by the rebellious Bohemian nobles
Shah Jahan orders that all recently built Hindu temples shall be destroyed, ending the Mughal tradition of religious tolerance
Rhode Island is founded by Roger Williams as a colony based on the principle of religious tolerance
Charles I and his archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, attempt to impose the full Anglican hierarchy on presbyterian Scotland
