Freedom of religion/Timelines: Difference between revisions

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399 Athens executes Socrates on charges including introducing new gods
c. 250 Indian Emperor Asoka declares freedom of religion but bans animal sacrifice

313 Edict of Milan grants freedom of religion throughout the dominions of Emperors Constantine and Licinius (by the end of the year this covered the whole Roman Empire)
843 Most Chinese Buddhist monasteries closed by imperial decree
1215 Canon 3 of the fourth Lateran Council orders extermination of heretics; rulers failing to implement this to be excommunicated and their subjects absolved from their allegiance
1290 Jews expelled from England
1492 Jews expelled from Spain; Muslims expelled soon after
1555 Peace of Augsburg: Holy Roman Empire adopts principle of "Cujus regio, ejus religio": subjects to follow the religion of the local ruler, Catholic or Lutheran, or else move
1687 James VII and II of Scotland and England declares suspension of laws restricting freedom of religion
1688/9 James overthrown; declaration annulled, toleration only for mainsteream Protestants
1791 First Amendment to the US Constitution "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." (note that this refers only to Congress, i.e. the federal government, leaving individual states unaffected)

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 *1687 James VII and II of Scotland and England declares suspension of laws restricting freedom of religion
 *1688/9 James overthrown; declaration annulled, toleration only for mainsteream Protestants
+*1791 [[First Amendment to the US Constitution]] "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." (note that this refers only to Congress, i.e. the federal government, leaving individual states unaffected)