accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the Church in England, and is executed 1535–1679 Forty Martyrs of England and Wales 1536 Desiderius Erasmus, eminent Dutch humanist and editor of the Textus Receptus, dies 1536 Tyndale put to death, left his OT translation in manuscript, English ecclesiastical authorities ordered his Bible burned because it was thought to be part of Lutheran reform 1536 Institutes of the Christian Religion written by John Calvin (Calvinism) 1536 John of Leiden, fanatic Dutch Anabaptist 1536 Jacob Hutter, founder of Hutterites 1536 Helvetic Confessions of the Reformed Churches of Switzerland 1536–1540 Dissolution of the Monasteries in England, Wales and Ireland 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace 1536–1541 Michelangelo paints "The Last Judgement" 1537 Christian III of Denmark decreed Lutheranism state religion of Norway and Denmark 1537 Luther writes Smalcald Articles 1537–1551 Matthew Bible, by John Rogers, based on Tyndale and Coverdale received royal licence but not authorized for use in public worship, numerous editions, 1551 edition contained offensive notes (based on Tyndale) 1539–1569 Great Bible, by Thomas Cromwell, 1st English Bible to be authorized for public use in English churches, defective in many places, based on last Tyndale's NT of 1534–1535, corrected by a Latin version of the Hebrew OT, Latin Bible of Erasmus, and Complutensian Polyglot, last edition 1569, never denounced by England 1540 Jesuit order founded by Ignatius of Loyola, helped reconvert large areas of Poland, Hungary, and south Germany and sent missionaries to the New World, India, and China 1541 John Calvin returns to Geneva 1542 Roman Inquisition established by Pope Paul III 1542 Robert Bellarmine born – became a Cardinal Inquisitor under Pope Clement VIII 1543 Parliament of England bans Tyndale's translation as a "crafty, false and untrue translation" 1545–1563 Catholic Council of Trent: Counter-Reformation against Protestantism, clearly defined an official theology and biblical canon 1549 Original Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England written by Thomas Cranmer 1551 The Stoglav Church Council (One Hundred Chapters) Moscow, Russia 1552 Joachim Westphal starts controversy against Calvinists, defending Lutheran doctrine of Real Presence 1552 Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary, "Apostle of the Indies" 1553 Pontifical Gregorian University founded at Vatican City 1553 Michael Servetus founder of Unitarianism, burned at the stake in Geneva 1553–1558 Queen Mary I of England persecutes reformers: John Rogers, Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, Thomas Cranmer; of 238 burned at the stake 1555 Peace of Augsburg gives