Events from 1614

Confessio Fraternitatis published - 'We condemn the Pope and Mahomet' - Explicitly positions against Jesuits - Offers invisible brotherhood to counter visible Jesuits

Fama Fraternitatis published in Kassel - Announces Brotherhood of Rosy Cross - Claims perfect knowledge of nature - 'Europe is pregnant and will bring forth a strong child'

St. Leonard's Forest Dragon - 9-foot serpent with black scales kills men and cattle, pamphlet 'True and Wonderful' published

John Napier publishes 'Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio' - invents logarithms to turn multiplication into addition

Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity throughout Japan, beginning severe persecution