second wife, Anne
John Calvin establishes Reformed and Presbyterian form
of Protestantism in Switzerland, writes Institutes
of the Christian Religion. Danish and Norwegian
Japan permits visits of foreign ships.
Queen Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope. Turks attack
Cyprus and war on Venice. Turkish fleet defeated at
by Spanish and Italian fleets (1571).
Peace of Constantinople (1572)
ends Turkish attacks on Europe.
of the Spanish Armada
by English. Henry, King of Navarre and Protestant leader,
recognized as Henry IV, first Bourbon king of France.
Converts to Roman Catholicism in 1593 in attempt to
end religious wars.
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