LIFE OF ST. VINCENT

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HYSTORY

CHURCH HISTORY

CULTURAL EVENTS

1594

Coronation of Henry IV and his entry into Paris

Expulsion of Jesuits from France

1595

St. Vincent begins his first studies at Dax. Tutor in the Comet household

Papal absolution for Henry IV

Re-issue of Montaigne's Essays

1596

St. Vincent receives the tonsure and minor orders at Bidache

Birth of Descartes

1597

He begins his theological studies at Zaragoza and Toulouse (till 1604). Tutor at Buzet.

Henry IV recaptures Amiens

Birth of St. John Francis Régis (+ 1640)

1598

Death of St. Vincent's father, John de Paul. Vincent receives subdiaconate and diaconate at Tarbes.

Edit of Nantes. Peace of Vervins. Death of Philip II of Spain.

Death of Fr. Luis de Granada. Birht of Charles de Condren and J.B. Saint Jure.

1599

Annulment of the marriage between Henry IV and Marguerite de Valois.

Birth of Blessed Mary of the Incarnation.

Publication of "Guzmán de Alfarache" by Mateo Alemán.