Born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon<span>, </span>Picardy<span>, France, John Calvin was a law student at the University of Orléans when he first joined the cause of the Reformation. In 1536, he published the landmark text Institutes of the Christian Religion, an early attempt to standardize the theories of Protestantism.</span>
A period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period of the Terror during the French Revolution. Through Sep 5, 1793 – Jul 28, 1794
