April 7, 1506 - Xavier, Navarre - Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta is born
October 16, 1515 - Xavier - He suffers the grief of his father's death, Don Juan de Jasso
January(?) 1(?), 1525 - Paris, France - Francis Xavier goes to study at the Collège Sainte-Barbe, University of Paris
January(?) 1(?), 1526 - Paris - Bachelor of Arts
January(?) 1(?), 1528 - Paris - Meeting with Ignatius of Loyola in Paris
January(?) 1(?), 1529 - Paris - Francis shares lodgings with Pierre Favre and Ignatius of Loyola
January(?) 1(?), 1530 - Paris - Receives the degree of Master of Arts. Enrollment in the Sorbonne Theology course
June(?) 1(?), 1530(?) - Paris - Begins teaching Aristotelian Philosophy at Beauvais College, University of Paris
August 15, 1534 - Montmartre, outside Paris - Seven students meet in a crypt beneath the Church of Saint Denis (now Saint Pierre de Montmartre), in Montmartre outside Paris: Francis Xavier, Ignatius of Loyola, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laínez, Nicolás Bobadilla from Spain, Peter Faber from Savoy, and Simão Rodrigues from Portugal. They make private vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the Pope, and also vow to go to the Holy Land to convert infidels =(START)
March 24, 1535 - Paris - Letter to his eldest brother in Spain
November 15, 1536 - Paris - Departure to Venice of the The "Compañia de Jesus" (Company of Jesus) or also "Amigos en El Señor" (Friends in the Lord), which would later be known as "Society of Jesus"
January 2, 1537 - Venice, Italy - Francis Xavier and companions arrive in Venice, where Loyola was already waiting for them
June 24, 1537 - Venice - Francis Xavier and companions are ordained priests by the Bishop of Arbe
March 25, 1538 - Rome, Italy - Arrives in Rome
April 15, 1539 - Rome - After long discussions, Ignatius of Loyola draws up a formula for a new religious order, the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) =(societyofjesusflag)
August 4, 1539 - Rome - D. Pedro de Mascarenhas, Portuguese ambassador in Rome, receives a letter from King John III, asking him to inform him about the activities of Ignatius of Loyola and his companions, and if they were prepared to be sent to India
September 3, 1539 - Rome - Approval of the new Institute by Pope Paul III through the bull "Regimini militantis ecclesiae" (To the Government of the Church Militant)
March 10, 1540 - While in Rome - Letter from the Portuguese ambassador in Rome, informing King John III that Ignatius's company was prepared to respond to the evangelization needs of India
March 15, 1540 - Rome - Francis Xavier leaves Rome on the Portuguese Ambassador's entourage towards the French-Spanish Atlantic border
March 21, 1540 - Bologna, Italy - The Ambassador's entourage arrives in Bologna
March 31, 1540 - Bologna - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola
June 1(?), 1540 - Lisbon, Portugal - The portuguese ambassador and his entourage reach Lisbon, after more than 3-months of voyage on horseback, by Bologna, Parma, Turin, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bayonne, Irún, Loyola, Burgos, Salamanca, Santarém, Lisbon. Francis Xavier and Simão Rodrigues are going to serve at Todos-os-Santos (All Saints) Hospital
June 5(?), 1540 - Lisbon - Francis Xavier is summoned to a private audience with King John III
July 23, 1540 - Lisbon - Letters to Ignatius of Loyola and Nicolás Bobadilla
September 20, 1540 - Lisbon - Francis Xavier witnesses the first "auto-de-fé" celebrated in Portugal, at Rossio Square, in which 23 people are absolved and two are condemned to be burnt, including a french cleric
September 28, 1540 - Lisbon - Letter to Martín de Azpilicueta in Coimbra
November 4, 1540 - Lisbon - Letter to Martín de Azpilicueta in Coimbra
January(?) 1(?), 1541 - Lisbon - John III decides to send Francis Xavier with Paulo Camerte and Francisco de Mansilha to India, leaving Simão Rodrigues in Portugal
March 18, 1541 - Lisbon - Letters to Claude Jay and Diego Lainez in Rome
April 7, 1541 - Lisbon - Francis Xavier departs Lisbon in his 37th birthday aboard the "Santiago" with new Governor of India, Martim Afonso de Sousa
August 1(?), 1541 - Island of Mozambique - Francis Xavier arrives in Mozambique
March 15(?), 1542 - Island of Mozambique - Francis Xavier departs for Goa
March(?) 22(?), 1542 - Mailindi, Kenya - Stop at Mailindi, where they are visited by the local king
April(?) 1(?), 1542 - Island of Socotra, Horn of Africa - Stop at Socotra to load fresh water
May 6, 1542 - Goa, Portuguese India - Martim Afonso de Sousa and Francis Xavier arrive in Goa
September 20, 1542 - Goa - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola
September 30(?), 1542 - Goa - Francis Xavier sets sail to Cape Comorin (Southern tip of India) to indoctrinate the 30 pearl fishing villages situated around Manapadd, Punicale and Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)
October 28, 1542 - Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola
December(?) 1(?), 1542 - Kombuthurai, Tamil Nadu - Miracle atributed to Francis Xavier when visiting Kombuthurai: A pattangatti lady was suffering from labour for nearly three days. He baptized her and her family and within a short time, she delivered a child. Due to this miracle, the whole of this village along with its headmen and prince of the land converted to Christianity. Since then he visited the village numerous times. The second miracle is believed to be the greatest miracle that Francis Xavier ever performed. A boy named Matthew drowned in the well which is called well of miracle (or well of baptism) by the pattangatti, and was brought into the church just before mass, and through Francis Xavier's prayer, he was revived from death
November 1(?), 1543 - Goa - Returns to Goa where he receives the news that Ignatius of Loyola had been elected General of the Company, as well as his own appointment as superior of the Eastern Missions from the Cape of Good Hope to China
January 1(?), 1544 - Goa - Solemn vows in the Society in the presence of the Bishop of Goa; Francis Xavier is appointed Superior of the Mission in the East
January 15, 1544 - Cochin - Letter to the Society of Jesus
January 27, 1544 - Cochin - Letters to the Society of Jesus and Simão Rodrigues
February 1(?), 1544 - Manapadd, near the southern tip of India - Returns to Manapadd
February 23, 1544 - Punicale - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
March 14, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
March 27, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
April 23, 1544 - Livar - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
May 1(?), 1544 - Kombuthurai, Tamil Nadu - Francis Xavier builds St.Stephen's Church in Kombuthurai
June 11, 1544 - Virapandyanpatanam - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
June 16, 1544 - Manapadd, near the southern tip of India - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
June 30, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
August 3, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
August 19, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
August 29, 1544 - Punicale - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
September 5, 1544 - Alentalai - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
September 12, 1544 - Manapadd - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
December 16, 1544 - Cochin - Returns to Cochin
December 18, 1544 - Cochin - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
January 20, 1545 - Cochin - Letter to King John III
March 29, 1545 - Nagapattinam (Negapatam, between Chennai and Ceylon) - Francis Xavier embarks in a ship to Malacca.
April 7, 1545 - Nagapattinam - Letter to Francisco Mansilhas
May 8, 1545 - Meliapor (Mylapore, Chennai) - Arrives at Meliapor and visits the tomb of Thomas the Apostle. He spends four months there. Letters to Master Diogo and Micer Paulo in Goa
September 1(?), 1545 - Meliapor - Continues his voyage to Malacca
September 25, 1545 - Malacca (Today Malaysia) - Francis Xavier arrives in Malacca, via Ceylon, Nagapattinam and Meliapor
November 1, 1545 - Malacca - Letter to the Society of Jesus
January 1, 1546 - Malacca - Sails for ambon Island, Maluku Islands
February 14, 1546 - Ambon Island - Reaches Ambon, where he finds a spanish fleet. Preaches the Gospel at Ambon for a year and a half
May 10, 1546 - Ambon Island - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola
May 16, 1546 - Ambon Island - Letter to King John III
June 15(?), 1546 - Ternate, Baranura, Morotai - Visit to other Maluku Islands
March(?) 1(?), 1547 - Ambon Island - Returns to Ambon Island after Easter
July 1(?), 1547 - Malacca - Returns to Malacca
December 7, 1547 - Malacca - Ship captain Jorge Alvares introduces a japanese fugitive, Anjirō, to Father Francis Xavier
December 15(?), 1547 - Malacca - Francis Xavier sails to Goa with Anjiro to begin missionary work that was to bear fruit for the next hundred years, until the Japanese closed their doors to all foreigners
January 20, 1548 - Cochin - Returns to Cochin. Letters to King John III and Ignatius of Loyola
March 20, 1548 - Goa - Francis Xavier returns to Goa to attend to his responsabilities as superior of the mission there
March 30(?), 1548 - Baçaim (Vasai, near Mumbai) - Travels to Baçaim to join Viceroy D.João de Castro
April 15(?), 1548 - Goa - Returns to Goa with the (sick) Viceroy
June 6, 1548 - Goa - At Viceroy D. João de Castro's deathbed, who dies in his arms. Francis Xavier returns to the fishing coast
November 1(?), 1548 - Goa - Returns to Goa to prepare his trip to Japan
January 14, 1549 - Cochin - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola
January 20, 1549 - Cochin - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola in Rome: "I asked a Portuguese merchant, … who had been for many days in Anjirō’s country of Japan, to give me … some information on that land and its people from what he had seen and heard …. All the Portuguese merchants coming from Japan tell me that if I go there I shall do great service for God our Lord, more than with the pagans of India, for they are a very reasonable people"
January 26, 1549 - Cochin - Letter to King John III
April 15, 1549 - Goa - Francis Xavier and Anjirō depart to Canton, via Cochin and Malacca
April 25, 1549 - Cochin - Francis Xavier departs for Malacca
May 31, 1549 - Malacca - Francis Xavier arrives at Malacca. He meets Fernão Mendes Pinto again
June 20, 1549 - Malacca - Letter to King John III
June 24, 1549 - Malacca - Departs for Japan with Fernão Mendes Pinto
July 27, 1549 - Kyushu, Japan - Francis Xavier arrives in Japan with Mendes Pinto, Anjirō and 3 other jesuits
August 15, 1549 - Kagoshima, Japan - Francis Xavier is allowed to go ashore
September 29, 1549 - Kagoshima - Friendly reception by Shimazu Takahisa, daimyō of Satsuma. He is hosted by Anjirō's family until October
November 5, 1549 - Kagoshima - Letter to Ignatius of Loyola
September 1(?), 1550 - Kagoshima - Francis Xavier departs Kagoshima
October 30(?), 1550 - Amami Island, NE of Okinawa - Francis Xavier arrives in Amami Island, then continues to Hirado Island, Japan
December 20(?), 1550 - Yamaguchi, Japan - Arrives at Yamaguchi
February 1(?), 1551 - Kyoto, Japan - Departs for Kyoto but fails to meet with the Emperor
March 1(?), 1551 - Yamaguchi, Japan - Returns to Yamaguchi
November 20, 1551 - Yamaguchi - Returns to Yamaguchi
November(?) 25(?), 1551 - Island near Guangzhou, China - A storm forces the ship to stop on an island near Guangzhou. Meets Diogo Pereira, a rich merchant and an old friend from Cochin. Pereira showed him a letter from Portuguese prisoners in Guangzhou, asking for a Portuguese ambassador to speak to the Chinese Emperor on their behalf
December 2, 1551 - Strait of Singapore - Letter to Francisco Pérez in Malacca
December 27, 1551 - Malacca - Upon arriving in Malacca, he learned that he had been appointed provincial of East India (from the Cape of Good Hope to China)
January 24, 1552 - Cochin - Returns to Cochin. Send letters to Europe and to King John III, asking him for help in the mission of Japan
January 31, 1552 - Cochin - Letter to King John III: "Fernão Mendes Pinto has been serving your highness in these parts and has lend me 300 cruzados to build a house in Yamaguchi"
February 15(?), 1552 - Goa - Francis Xavier returns to Goa to prepare for his expedition to China
April 17, 1552 - Goa - Sets sail for China with Diogo Pereira aboard the "Santa Cruz"
July 10(?), 1552 - Malacca - After arriving in Malacca, Xavier is was confronted by the captain Álvaro de Ataíde da Gama who now had total control over the harbour. The captain refused to recognize his title of Nuncio, asked Pereira to resign from his title of ambassador, named a new crew for the ship, and demanded the gifts for the Chinese Emperor be left in Malacca
July 13, 1552 - Malacca - Letter to Gaspar Barzaeus in Goa
August 30(?), 1552 - Shangchuan, near Taishan (WSW of Macao, China) - The "Santa Cruz" reaches the chinese Island of Shangchuan
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| Tomb of St.Francis Xavier, Goa |
November 12, 1552 - Shangchuan - Letter to Diogo Pereira
November 15(?), 1552 - Shangchuan - Francis Xavier is taken seriously ill. He writes a letter saying that a man agreed to taken him to the mainland in exchange for a large sum of money
December 3, 1552 - Shangchuan, near Taishan (WSW of Macao, China) - Francis Xavier dies from a fever while he was waiting for a ship to mainland China, aged 46 =(END)
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