Society of Jesus founded
1540 · Event
Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuits; militant order at the spearhead of Counter-Reformation and Catholic missions worldwide.
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- Council of Trent (1545)
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- Spanish Armada (1588)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
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- The Reformation (1517)
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- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)