214
1154. Nicolas Breakspeare, an Englishman, chosen pope
(Adrian IV.) 214
1170. Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket 216
1189. The Third Crusade 217
1198. Innocent III. elected pope 218
1203. Constantinople taken by Crusaders 222
1208. England put under an interdict 219
1208-1229. War against the Albigenses 223
1215. Fourth Council of the Lateran--Innocent sanctions the
Dominican and Franciscan Orders of Mendicant Friars 227
1240. First Crusade of St. Lewis 230
1270. Second Crusade and death of St. Lewis 231
1274. Second Council of Lyons 232
1294. Election of Pope Celestine V. 233
---- Election of Pope Boniface VIII. 235
1300. Boniface celebrates the first jubilee 235
1303. Death of Boniface 239
1310. The popes settle at Avignon 240
1312. Council of Vienne--The Order of the Temple dissolved 243
1377. Gregory XI. removes the papacy from Avignon to Rome 253
1378. Beginning of the Great Schism of the West 254
1384. Death of John Wyclif 251
1414-1418. Council of Constance 258
1415. Pope John XXIII. deposed 260
---- John Huss burnt by order of the Council 261
1417. Election of Pope Martin V., and end of the Schism 262
1418. Religious war of Bohemia breaks out 264
1431. Council of Basel opened 265
1438. Council of Ferrara and Florence 267
1453. Constantinople taken by the Turks 268
1455. Invention of Printing 269
1464. Pope Pius II. vainly attempts a crusade 270
1498. Death of Savonarola 274
1503. Death of Pope Alexander VI. 275
1517.