Jesuit missions in China
1582–1773 · Event
From Matteo Ricci's arrival in Macau (1582), Jesuits establish a presence at the Ming and Qing courts, exchanging astronomy and mathematics; the order's suppression in 1773 formally ends the mission.
On these timelines: Master, China, Christianity, Major Religions, The Papacy
Around 1582
- Thirty Years' War (1618)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Edo period (1603)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)