* 1851 – Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and social reformer ( d. 1933 )

* 1545 – Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer ( d. 1622 )

* 1212 – Hōnen, Japanese religious reformer ( b. 1133 )

* 1528 – Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer ( b. 1504 )

* 1804 – Emma Smith, American religious reformer ( d. 1879 )

His mother, Jane Polk ( née Knox ), was a descendant of a brother of the Scottish religious reformer John Knox.

* 1504 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer ( d. 1575 )

* 1564 – John Calvin, French religious reformer ( b. 1509 )

* 1700 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer ( d. 1760 )

The evolution of Sikhism began with the emergence of Guru Nanak as a religious leader and a social reformer during the 15th century in the Punjab.

* Jan Hus, Bohemian religious thinker and reformer ( c. 1369 – 1415 ).

* April 4 – Ambrosius Blarer, German religious reformer ( d. 1564 )

Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.

* November 24 – Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer ( born 1482 )

* December 3 – Jain Acharya Rajendrasuri, religious reformer ( d. 1906 )

* February 18 – Martin Luther, German religious reformer ( b. 1483 )

* March 1 – George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer ( martyred ) ( b. 1513 )

** Gerrard Winstanley, English Protestant religious reformer ( d. 1676 )

* May 6 – Cornelius Jansen, French bishop and religious reformer ( b. 1585 )

** Pier Paolo Vergerio, Italian religious reformer ( d. 1565 )

* May 23 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence ( b. 1452 )

* May 22 – Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu religious and social reformer ( d. 1833 )

* May 9 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer ( b. 1700 )

* October 28 – Cornelius Jansen, French bishop of Ypres and religious reformer ( d. 1638 )

* February 29 – Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer ( martyred ) ( b. 1504 )

Since then, many Protestant denominations have made separate pronouncements, in which they not only approved birth control, but declared it at times to be a religious duty.

An action once universally condemned by all Christian churches and forbidden by the civil law is now not only approved by the overwhelming majority of Protestant denominations, but also deemed, at certain times, to be a positive religious duty.

The vulnerability of Protestant congregations to social differences has often been attributed to the `` folksy spirit '' of Protestant religious life ; ;

The expense of this type of organization in religious life, when one recalls the number of city churches which deteriorated beyond repair before being abandoned, raises fundamental questions about the principle of Protestant survival in a mobile society ; ;

) Hilton also claims a Roman Catholic monarch would therefore be unable to be crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury and points to the examples of European states that have similar religious provisions for their monarchs: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, whose constitutions compel their monarchs to be Lutherans, the Netherlands, the constitution of which insists its monarchs be members of the Protestant House of Orange, and Belgium, which has a constitution that provides for the succession to be through Roman Catholic houses.

The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement.

He maintained Catholicism's status as the official state religion but tried to curb the church's political powers and to encourage religious tolerance as a means of attracting Protestant immigrants and traders.

During World War II, a dog tag could indicate only one of three religions through the inclusion of one letter: " P " for Protestant, " C " for Catholic, or " H " for Jewish ( from the word, " Hebrew "), or ( according to at least one source ) " NO " to indicate no religious preference.

* 1724 – Tumult of Thorn – religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn ( Toruń ) by Polish authorities.

The modern period consists of the three centuries between the religious revolution at the beginning of the 16th century ( the Protestant Reformation ) and the French Revolution and its consequences.

Mary set about trying to restore Roman Catholicism by making sure that: Edward's religious laws were abolished in the Statute of Repeal Act ( 1553 ); the Protestant religious laws passed in the time of Henry VIII were repealed ; and the Revival of the Heresy Acts were passed in 1554.

They were a Huguenot ( French Protestant ) family who fled to New York about 1687 to avoid the religious persecutions of King Louis XIV.

In the first half of the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation reached the city, causing religious strife during which Savoy rule was thrown off and Geneva flirted with joining the Swiss Federation.

The staunch Protestant Duke Charles forced the Catholic King to let go of the throne of Sweden in 1599, a part of the preliminary religious strife before the Thirty Years ' War, and reigned as regent before taking the throne as Charles IX of Sweden in 1604.

However, in Protestant countries, where the tyranny of the church was less severe, there was no general reaction against statutes that were religious in origin.

It added to an increasingly full calendar of Protestant celebrations that contributed to the national and religious life of 17th-century England, and has evolved into the Bonfire Night of today.

At this time, many local dukes saw it as a chance to oppose the hegemony of Emperor Charles V. The empire then became fatally divided along religious lines, with the north, the east, and many of the major cities — Strasbourg, Frankfurt and Nuremberg — becoming Protestant while the southern and western regions largely remained Catholic.

Written at a time of religious upheaval, and in the wake of the English Reformation, the play is alternately Catholic ( or piously medieval ) and Protestant ( or consciously modern ).

James's attempt to introduce religious toleration to England's Roman Catholics alienated his Protestant subjects.

Protestant Reformation movements made deep inroads into the Polish Christianity, which resulted in unique at that time in Europe policies of religious tolerance.

The modern sense of human rights can be traced to Renaissance Europe and the Protestant Reformation, alongside the disappearance of the feudal authoritarianism and religious conservativism that dominated the Middle Ages.

During the next centuries, France experienced the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation, as well as recurring religious conflicts and wars with other powers.

The following Peace of Alais ( 1629 ) confirmed religious freedom yet dismantled the Protestant defences.