1534CalvinismFrancis I
Delegates from 66 Calvinist congregations in France meet secretly at Paris in a national synod which draws up a confession of faith and a book of discipline, thus was organized the first national Protestant church of France
Historical records for France in 1534, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Delegates from 66 Calvinist congregations in France meet secretly at Paris in a national synod which draws up a confession of faith and a book of discipline, thus was organized the first national Protestant church of France
Lutheranism was introduced in France after about 1520, Francis I was tolerant of religious reformers, but after the Affair of the Placards in 1534, he began to view Protestants as a threat and openly moved against them
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