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1526 – Geneva allies with Bern. [12] 1530 - Geneva became its own mistress within, while allied externally with the Swiss confederation. [6] 1535 – Catholic bishop Pierre de La Baume ousted by Calvinists. [7] 1536 21 May: Grand Council of Geneva adopts Protestant religion. [6] Protestant leader John Calvin active in Geneva. [7] [13] Area of ...
Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
Geneva under Calvin and his successor Theodore Beza demanded their naturalisation and strict adherence to the Calvinist doctrine, whereas Basel, where the university had re-opened in 1532, became a center of intellectual freedom. Many of these immigrants were skilled craftsmen or businessmen and contributed greatly to the development of banking ...
1530. Sir Thomas Bromley Ivan the Terrible. January 5 – Gaspar de Bono, Spanish monk of the Order of the Minims (d. 1571) [250] January 31 – Ōtomo Sōrin, Japanese Christian Daimyō (d. 1587) February 17 – Louis III, Count of Löwenstein (d. 1611) February 18 – Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
Timeline of Geneva. Beginnings and early Middle Ages. Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town. Geneva during the 18th century; Geneva during the 19th century. Geneva flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the seat of many international organizations. Geneva during the 20th century
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The second half of the 18th century was when some of the best known writers of the era established themselves in what would become French Switzerland. In 1754, the famed philosopher Rousseau came back for good to Geneva, and Voltaire established himself at Ferney, while in 1753 the historian Edward Gibbon moved to Lausanne. These three, while ...
Year 1530 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1530s decade.