But Michael Sept had unmasked him, revealing he had never been a bishop, but was an Anabaptist, afraid to state his faith, because he knew John Calvin had written a book against their belief that the soul slept after death.

* 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva.

Among the original champions of Protestantism who rejected the doctrine of apostolic succession were John Calvin, and Martin Luther.

They were considered a Catholic innovation, not widely practiced until the 18th century, and were opposed vigorously in worship by a number of Protestant Reformers, including Martin Luther ( 1483 – 1546 ), John Calvin ( 1509 – 1564 ) and John Wesley ( 1703 – 1791 ).

Later, when Watterson was creating names for the characters in his comic strip, he allegedly decided upon Calvin ( after the Protestant reformer John Calvin ) and Hobbes ( after the social philosopher Thomas Hobbes ) as a " tip of the hat " to the political science department at Kenyon.

" There seems to be little doubt that this could only be John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes, respectively.

* Bill Watterson, creator of beloved ' Calvin and Hobbes ' comic strip looks back with no regrets 2010 interview by John Campanelli, The Plain Dealer

John Calvin formulated a doctrine of Presbyterianism, which held that in the New Testament the offices of presbyter and episkopos were identical ; he rejected the doctrine of apostolic succession.

This idea was already rejected as untenable by John Calvin ( 1509 – 1564 ), and by the time of Thomas Hobbes ( 1588 – 1679 ) it was recognised that the book must have been written much later than the period it depicted.

Other commentators, such as John Calvin, attach no great importance to the precise dating.

Diarmaid MacCulloch suggests that Cranmer's own Eucharistic theology in these years approximated most closely to that of Heinrich Bullinger ; but that he intended the Prayer Book to be acceptable to the widest range of Reformed Eucharistic belief, including the high sacramental theology of Bucer and John Calvin.

The focus on human history was an important element of the biblically grounded 16th century theology of John Calvin.

In the 16th century, Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, and John Calvin inaugurated what has come to be called Protestantism.

Several key leaders early in the Protestant Reformation, including Martin Luther and John Calvin, followed the traditional reasoning in favour of capital punishment, and the Lutheran Church's Augsburg Confession explicitly defended it.

This branch of Christianity bears the name of the French reformer John Calvin ( also known as Jean Cauvin in Middle French ), because of his noticeable influence and because of his role in the confessional and ecclesiastical debates that happened throughout the 16th century.

John Calvin

John Calvin's international influence on the eventual development of the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation began in 1534 when Calvin was 25.

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ( July 4, 1872January 5, 1933 ) was the 30th President of the United States ( 1923 – 1929 ).

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr., was born in Plymouth Notch, Windsor County, Vermont, on July 4, 1872, the only U. S. President to be born on Independence Day.

He was the elder of the two children of John Calvin Coolidge, Sr. ( 1845 – 1926 ) and Victoria Josephine Moor ( 1846 – 1885 ).

The ten attendees were conference organiser Peter Pearman, Frank Drake, Philip Morrison, businessman and radio amateur Dana Atchley, chemist Melvin Calvin, astronomer Su-Shu Huang, neuroscientist John C. Lilly, inventor Barney Oliver, astronomer Carl Sagan and radio astronomer Otto Struve.

John Calvin and others suggested that the author was the Apostle James, son of Alphaeus, who was often identified with James the Just.

The Reformed churches, following the teachings of John Calvin, believe in an immaterial, spiritual ( or " pneumatic ") presence of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit and received by faith.

* 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.

Less than three weeks later, on November 18, 1903, the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty was signed between Frenchman Philippe Bunau-Varilla, who had promptly been appointed Panamanian ambassador to the United States, representing Panamanian interests, and the United States Secretary of State John Hay.

* January 7 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.

John then returned to Barcelona and the pope promptly died, to be replaced by Simon de Brie, a Frenchman and a staunch ally of Charles.

In October 1652 Oliver Cromwell's spy master John Thurloe received a report that a Frenchman in Rotterdam, referred to as ' a subtle mathematician ', was having a ship built to his design " which is to go with certain instruments without sail, with incredible strength and swiftness, either with or against the wind.

The San Anton Palace and its Gardens owe their origin to the Knight Antoine de Paule, a Frenchman knight from the Langue de Provence, who was elected 54tth Grand Master of the Order of St. John in 1623.

A Frenchman who had worked on his nation's canal efforts, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, represented Panamanian insurgents ; he met with Roosevelt and with Secretary of State John Hay, who saw to it that his principals received covert support.

He learned the rudiments of Latin at the grammar school of Montrose, after leaving which he learned Greek for two years under Pierre de Marsilliers, a Frenchman whom John Erskine of Dun had persuaded to settle at Montrose ; such was Melville's proficiency that on going to the University of St Andrews he astonished the professors by using the Greek text of Aristotle, which no one else there understood.

The positions of official keeper and captain of the palace have been held by ; James Hamilton of Finnart, 1534, Captain and Keeper ; William Danielstoun from 19 November 1540 ; Andrew Hamilton in Briggis, from 22 August 1543 ; Andrew Melville of Murdocairney, later Lord Melville of Monimail, brother of James Melville of Halhill, from 15 February 1567 ; George Boyd, deputy Captain, 1564 ; Andrew Ferrier, Captain of the Palace, 1565, Frenchman ; John Brown, June 1569 ; Andrew Lambie, June 1571 ; Ludovic Bellenden of Auchnoul 22 November 1587.

John Garrett – the one a Frenchman and the other an Irishman!

* John Pollard ( Royal Navy officer ) ( 1787-1868 ), credited with killing the Frenchman who shot Nelson

* McLaren had exclusive use of the new TAG-Porsche turbo engine while Frenchman Alain Prost replaced John Watson and joined double World Champion Niki Lauda in what was seen as the strongest driver line up of the season.

Now incorporated in Elijah's freak show, Ricky meets the other freaks: Ortiz the Dog Boy ( Keanu Reeves ), the self-proclaimed " Leader of the Freaks "; Worm ( Derek McGrath ), the half-man, half-worm ; Nosey ( Jeff Kahn ), whose entire head is one big nose ; Cowboy ( John Hawkes ), the half-man, half-cow ; the Bearded Lady ( Mr. T ); Sockhead ( Bobcat Goldthwait ), who has a sock puppet for a head ; The Eternal Flame ( Lee Arenberg ), who has constant flaming flatulence ; Rosie the Pinhead ; The Hideous Frogman ( Tim Burns ), a Frenchman in a scuba suit ; and the skeleton of Paul Lynde.

John Foster Dulles escaped by keeping his personal show on the road and because Lyndon Johnson, who was then operating the Senate, refused to let it become an Inquisition.

Exiled to Spain in 1504, he was imprisoned in the Castle of La Mota, Medina del Campo, from which he escaped and joined King John III of Navarre.

Once the 14-year-old king had regained control of the capital and then the whole country, Grindcobbe was tried in the Moot Hall ( on the site of the present-day W H Smith stationery shop, where a plaque commemorates the event ) and adjudged a ' traitor ' alongside John Ball (' the mad priest of Kent ', one of the rebel leaders who had escaped from Smithfield, London to Coventry ) and more than a dozen others.

The first Europeans to live on the island, starting perhaps in 1830, were Patrick Burke and John Jones, Irish convicts who had escaped from Norfolk Island, according to Paradise for Sale.

The main plot follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter who is faced with " retiring " six escaped Nexus-6 brain model androids, the latest and most advanced model, while a secondary plot follows John Isidore, a man of sub-normal intelligence who aids the fugitive androids.

In the Battle of Crécy Charles ' father John of Luxemburg was killed ; Charles himself also took part in the battle but escaped.

It was based on the true story of Frank Lee Morris who, along with John and Clarence Anglin, escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison in 1962.

The Manticore hunt for the escaped X-5s is led by Colonel Donald Lydecker ( John Savage ), who is ousted at the end of the season by the even more ruthless Elizabeth Renfro ( Nana Visitor ).

John Stewart, though arrested and sent to trial in Sydney as an accomplice to murder, nevertheless escaped conviction.

" The resulting political turmoil led to the killings of Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot ; of the leaders of the Treaty Party, only Stand Watie escaped death.

John Blake Dillon escaped to France, as did three of the younger members, James Stephens, John O ' Mahony and Michael Doheny.

When Louis of Anjou escaped from English custody, John announced he had no choice but to return to captivity himself.

In July 1363, King John was informed that Louis had escaped.

He escaped, however, and went to Rome, where Vitalian held a synod in December 667 to investigate the matter and pronounced John guiltless.

* John Anderson ( escaped slave ), American slave who escaped to Canada in the 1860s, leading to a famous extradition case

John A. Murell, a famed outlaw of the Natchez trace was tried and convicted of horse stealing but on being transported to Columbus MS for incarceration he killed his guard and escaped.

In Our Past, Their Present: Historical Essays on Putnam County Indiana, John J. Baughman writes, " On Monday, October 23, 1933, four armed men entered the Central National Bank of Greencastle and escaped with $ 74, 782. 09.

In 1859, the famous John Brown took a group of escaped slaves through Holton, leading to an incident known as the " Battle of the Spurs ".

Some think it may have been built by John Defoe ( or DeVoet ), a Tory who was imprisoned in 1776, escaped, fought on the side of the British and Hessian forces at the Battle of Bennington, was captured, escaped again, and settled in Canada.

John Dillinger escaped from the battle unharmed.

At most one-tenth survived ; John Ross escaped to Sutherland but was first to be put on a list of rebels.