Election of James Laynez as 2nd General in the First General Congregation. He is elected on the first ballot, with 23 of 31 votes. He had been vicar-general since the death of Ignatius in 1556.
1558
The election of Diego Laynez as superior general in the First General Congregation. He had been vicar general since the death of Ignatius in 1556.
1565
Election of Francis Borgia, 3rd General, on first ballot. 1616. St. Bernadine Realino dies.
1611
Death of St. Bernardino Realino, parish priest in Italy for many years.
1688
The Society of Jesus is given the commission to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart, in accord with the revelation to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
1741
At Peking died Father d'Entrecolles, who studied the manufacture of porcelain in China and introduced it into France: he also wrote observations on the Chinese practice of inoculation as a remedy against small-pox.
1853
Fr. Peter Beckx becomes General. During his tenure, the Society is expelled from Spain, Naples, Sicily, the greater part of Central Italy, Venice, Germany, and Rome.
1928
Missouri is divided into the Missouri and Chicago Provinces.
1937
Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to provincials on vacation of Ours. Avoid beaches, balneares stationes.
1943
New York and Maryland Provinces are separated.
1951
New York Province purchases Bellarmine College, Plattsburg, New York; it serves as a philosophate and then novitiate.
1951
Teilhard de Chardin appoints Jeanne Mortier as literary executor. She arranges the publication of his works after his death. Earlier she mimeoed and distributed his texts.
1959
A decree of Fr. General transfers Puerto Rico to the territory of the New York Province.
1985
Fr. De la Vega of Spain celebrates his 83rd year as a Jesuit - one of the longest ever.
1987
Decree of Father General Kolvenbach that officially designates it as "The Nigerian Ghanaian Mission."
