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Jesuits

male religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church

10 dated entries naming Jesuits, drawn from 9 separate years between 1534 CE and 1856 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1534August 15 – Ignatius of Loyola and six others take the vows that lead to the establishment of the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus), in Montmartre, near Paris.source
  • 1556The first printing press in India is introduced by Jesuits, at Saint Paul's College, Goa.source
  • 1581December 1 – In England, Jesuit priest Edmund Campion is executed for treason.source
  • 1591The first of the Conimbricenses commentaries on Aristotle, by the Jesuits of the University of Coimbra, is published.source
  • 1594St. Paul's College is founded in Macau by Jesuits, being the first western style university in the far east.source
  • 1594December 27 – French university student Jean Châtel attempts to assassinate King Henry IV of France, after gaining entrance into the King's office. Châtel attacks the monarch with a knife and causes a minor injury. After court jester Mathurine de Vallois intervenes, she detains Châtel until the King's bodyguard can carry out the arrest. Two days later, Chatel is executed by dismemberment. The Collège de Clermont, the Jesuit institution, where Châtel was a student, is closed, and the order of the Jesuits is temporarily banned.source

17th century

  • 1605July 4 – A proclamation commands all Roman Catholic seminary priests and Jesuits to leave Ireland by December 10 and directs the laity to attend Church of Ireland services.source
  • 1692March 22 – The Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty issues the Edict of Toleration, recognizing all the members of the Roman Catholic Church, not just the Jesuits, and legalizing missions and their conversion of Chinese people to the Christian Faith.source

19th century

  • 1841June 21 – St. John's College, later Fordham University, is founded in The Bronx by Jesuits.source
  • 1856St. Paul's School, Belgaum, is founded by the Jesuits in Belgaum, India.source

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