1535 The Reformation is successfully planted in Geneva by Farel.
1536 Bern conquers Vaud and Lausanne and takes them from Savoy. Calvin comes to Geneva. The first Helvetic confession is published.
1538 By influence of the papal party Calvin is exiled from Geneva.
1541 Calvin returns to Geneva and there establishes a theoretic government, the consistorium. He enters upon a harsh rule, imprisoning and executing his opponents.
1548 Constance is captured by the Austrians in the war of Smalkalden and is cut off from the Swiss Confederation.
1549 Calvin’s theological disputes with the Zurich reformers are partly settled by the Compromise of Zurich (Consensus Tigurinus).
1553 Michael Servetus is burned at the stake at Geneva at the instance of Calvin.
1555 Calvin expels from Geneva many who uphold municipal liberty and replaces them by foreigners. The city gains the name of the “Protestant Rome.” Evangelicals driven out of Locarno take refuge in Zurich.
1559 Calvin founds the University of Geneva.