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31 October 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of the All Saint’s church in Wittenberg, Germany
. Autumn 1533 John Calvin experienced a religious conversion which he portrays as a sudden change of mind, brought about by God
. 1533 John Calvin flees Paris after he supported the rector of the College Royal with his speech 1534 After the Affaire des Placards (protest against the Roman Catholic Mass) Calvin flees to Genève
. 29 January 1536 Followers of this new Protestantism were soon accused of heresy against the Catholic government and the established religion of France, and a General Edict urging extermination of the Huguenots was issued 1536 John Calvin published his Institutio Christianae Religionis (The Institutes of the Christian Religion)
. 1545 The Massacre of Merindol took place when Francis I of France ordered the Waldensians of the city of Mérindol to be punished for dissident religious activities.
. 1555 The first Huguenot congregation is established in a Parisian house and the teaching of Johan Calvin were followed 25 May 1559 The first synod meeting of the French Reformed Church were held in Paris 28 January1561 Edict of Orléans is proclaimed to stop the prosecution of the Huguenots 17 January 1562 The Edict of Saint-Germain is promulgated and ensured limited tolerance of the Huguenots 1 March 1562 Many Huguenots were attacked and murdered at Vassy (Wassy-sur-Blaise in Champagne) and this is the start of the Wars of Religion(see also here)
. 19 March 1563
Peace of Amboisends
the First War of Religion
September 1567
Start of the Second War of Religion
March
1568
The Second War of Religion ends with the Peace of Longjumeau
Summer 1568
Start of the Third War of Religion
8
August 1570
Signing of the Peace
of St Germain-en-Laye where De Coligny negotiated the right that
two cities per province have the freedom to practice their religion and
granting the Huguenots control of four fortified cities.
23/4 August 1572
St
Bartholomew's Day Massacre when thousands of Huguenots were murdered
. 6
July
1573
Fourth War of Religion ends with Peace
of La Rochelle and the Edict
of Boulogne
. 23 February 1574
Start of the Fifth War of Religion
May
1576
The Fifth War of Religion ends with the signing of the Edict
of Beaulieu and the Peace of Monsieur
December 1576
Start of the Sixth War of Religion
September
1577
The Sixth War of Religion ends with the
Treaty
of Bergerac and the Edict
of Poitiers
November 1579
Start of the Seventh War of Religion
November 1580
The Seventh War of Religion ends with the Treaty
of Fleix
31 December 1584
Signing of the Treaty
of Joinville
1585
The start of the Eighth War of Religion (The War of the Three Henry’s)
April
1598
The Eight War of Religion ends with the Treaty
of Vervins
13
April
1598
Signing of the Edict
of Nantes where freedom of religion was given to the Huguenots
and they also received equal rights to the Catholics
. 1621-1622
The Ninth War of Religion
1625-1629
The Tenth war of Religion
1629
The Merciful Edict of Nimes
gave the Huguenots a certain right of existence but their political power
was permanently removed.
6
April
1652
Maria de la Quellerie arrived at the Cape of Good Hope as the first
Huguenot.
See here
a list of Huguenots who came to South Africa, further notes
on them, as well as passenger's
lists
. October 1671
Francois
Villionarrived
at the Cape as the first Huguenot refugee
1685
Jean le Long arrived at the Cape
22
October 1685
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and declared Protestantism illegal
with the promulgation of the Edict
of Fontainebleau
June/July 1686
Francois and Guillaume du Toit arrived in the Cape on board of the De
Vrijheid
31 December 1687
The Voorschotendeparts
from Delftshaven, Zeeland
6 January 1688
The Borssenburg
departs from Texel
3 February 1688
The Oosterlandt
departs from Goree
19
February 1688
The Schelde
departs to Table Bay
20
March 1688
The Berg
China departs from Rotterdam
13
April
1688
The Voorschoten arrives in Saldanha Bay, the first ship with Huguenots
on board as part of the official colonialisation of the Cape by
French
22 April
1688
The Zuid-Beveland
departs for Table Bay
25 April
1688
The Oosterlandt arrives in Table Bay
26 April
1688
The Voorschoten’s passengers arrived on board of the Jupiter in Table
Bay
12 May
1688
The Borssenburg arrives in Table Bay
5 June
1688
The Schelde arrives in Table Bay
27 July
1688
The Wapen
van Alkmaar departs from Texel
4 August 1688
The Berg China arrives in Table Bay
19 August 1688
The Zuid-Beveland arrives in Table Bay
9
January 1689
The Zion
departs for Table Bay
27 January 1689
The Wapen van Alkmaar arrives in Table Bay
6 May
1689
The Zion arrives in Table Bay
25 May
1689
The Drie
Bergen departs for Table Bay
April
1696
The Vosmaer
departs from Holland
October
1696
The Vosmaer arrives in Table Bay
16 June
1699
The Westhovenarrives
in Table Bay
20 July
1699
The Donkervlietarrives
in Table Bay
2 May
1700
The Reigersdaal
departs from Goree
22 August 1700
The Reigersdaal arrived in Table Bay
1710
Pierre Labuschagne comes to South Africa on board of the Verburg
1717
Anna Maria Bacat comes to South Africa
1718
Jacques Naude comes to South Africa on board of the Abbekerk
1723
Jean Blignaut comes to South Africa on board of the Huis ten Assenburg
1726
Francois Guilliaume comes to South Africa on board of the Berbice
28
November 1787 The
Edict
of Tolerance/ Edict of Versailles is declared which partly restored
the rights of the Huguenots
. 14
July
1789
Storming of the Bastille
– this is part of the French Revolution and is not related to the French
Huguenots fleeing of France
. 1874
The
Hugenote Seminarie (later Hugenote
Kollege) is started in Wellington
. 1 February 1882
The Gedenkschool der Hugenoten is opened in Dal Josafat
1940
The
Hoërskool Hugenote
in Springs is opened
. 17
April
1948
Inauguration of the Huguenot
Monument in Franschhoek. The decision to build the monument in
Franschhoek was a compromise between Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek.
Paarl and Stellenbosch each got their own memorial: the Taalmuseum in Paarl
and the frieze above the entrance of the Stellenbosch City Hall to commemorate
the arrival of the Huguenots
. 12 March 1953
The Huguenot Society
of South Africa is founded
1954
The
Hugenote Hoërskool
and the
Hugenote Laerskool
in Wellington is founded
. 11
March 1967
The Huguenot Memorial Museum
in Franschhoek is inaugurated by State President CR Swart
. 1987
The Huguenot
Memorial is erected in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens in the
suburb Emmarentia
. 18
March 1988
The Huguenot
Tunnel in the Du Toitskloof Mountains is opened
Acknowledgement: Dr Andrew
Kok.
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