| 1380-82 | Wycliffe's New Testament and Old Testament published in 1380 and 1382 respectively.
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| 1408 | Roman Catholic synod in Oxford, England made it illegal to read the Bible in English without permission of a bishop;
the "Constitutions of Oxford" of 1408 noted that translation of Scripture into English is a crime punishable by charges of heresy.
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| 1415 | John Huss, follower of Wycliffe, burned at the stake on July 6, 1415 by order of the Roman Catholic "church."
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| 1428 | Wycliffe's bones exhumed and burned by order of Pope Martin V.
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| 1455 | Gutenberg Bible published - The world's first book printed on a mechanical movable type printing press.
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| 1516 | Textus Receptus, the "Received Text", was published. Background: Erasmus (1) examined various Greek manuscripts of the Bible found in the finest libraries in Europe, (2) selected renderings received by the church throughout the ages, and (3) compiled his edition of the Greek New Testament which later became known as the Textus Receptus.
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| 1517 | Martin Luther nails his 95 theses on the church doors at Wittenberg marking what most consider the beginning of the Reformation.
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| 1525 | William Tyndale's New Testament published.
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| 1536 | William Tyndale burned at the stake on October 6, 1536 by King Henry VIII, king of England.
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| 1540 | Short document for the Jesuit order approved (detailed constitution for the society would come later). The following year, Ignatius de Loyola elected as their general superior (Encyclopedia Americana © 1971, "JESUITS" entry). [For further information...search for "Counter Reformation"; "At one time or another the order has been expelled from EVERY country in Europe...", etc.]
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| 1547 | Edward VI, a Protestant (and son of Henry VIII), becomes king of England. At eleven years old, he wrote,
A Small Treatise Against the Primacy of the Pope.
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| 1553 | Mary I, a Catholic (and daughter of Henry VIII) becomes queen of England.
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| 1555 | Queen Mary I (also known as Bloody Mary), a Roman Catholic, bans Protestant translations of the Bible. About 300 men, women, and children are burned to death during her short reign over England, including John Rogers and Thomas Cranmer.
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| 1558 | Bloody Mary dies childless and her sister, Elizabeth I, a Protestant, is crowned queen of England.
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| 1559 | Pope Paul IV added Erasmus' works to Rome's index of prohibited books (Index Librorum Prohibitorum).
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| 1566 | James Charles Stewart born to Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley on June 19, 1566.
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| 1567 | James crowned King James VI of Scotland.
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| 1588 |
Spanish Armada devastated in Spain's attempt to overthrow Protestant Queen Elizabeth I and make England Roman Catholic. In England, a commemorative medal of the victory was struck with the words, "God blew and they were scattered" inscribed on it--God was magnified for sending the fierce storms that had destroyed much of the fleet of the mighty Spanish Armada.
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| 1603 | King James' godmother and cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, dies. James crowned King James I of England. He is now King James VI (Scotland) & I (England).
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| 1604 | At the Hampton Court Conference, King James agrees that a new translation of the scriptures is in order. In that same year, translators selected.
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| 1605 | During the Gunpowder Plot, Roman Catholics--including Jesuits--try to blow up King James and the British Parliament. By miraculous divine intervention, the King discerned the plot (see, A Discourse of the Maner of the Discoverie of the Powder Treason, Joyned With the Examination of Some of the Prisoners," in The Workes, pp. 223-246).
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| 1607 | Colonists arrive in Jamestown, Virginia. Jamestown (James' namesake) will go on to become the first permanent English settlement on the American mainland thereby making King James VI & I founding monarch of the United States.
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| 1611 | Authorized Version published in May of 1611 by the Church of England.
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| 1616 | The Workes by King James VI & I published.
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| 1625 | James VI & I dies in peace on March 27, 1625; his son Charles I accedes to the British throne.
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| 1649 | In January of 1649 King James' son, King Charles I, is executed by order of Puritan Oliver Cromwell and other insurgents after their hostile and short-lived takeover of the British government.
Eikon Basilike, or, The King's Book, was written by Charles I during his captivity at Carisbrook Castle in 1648 and published posthumously. It reveals the king's thoughts and Christian testimony during his imprisonment and impending death.
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