- Also Known as: Johann or John Hussinetz, Johannes de Hussinetz or Huss
- Lifetime: 1370 - 1415
- Time Reference: Lived during the reigns of the English Kings - King Richard II, King Henry IV and King Henry V
- Born: He was born in 1390 in was born at Hussinetz in Southern Bohemia
- Childhood, early life and education: He studied at Prague and was an early follower of Stanislaus of Znaim
- Career Timeline of Jan Hus:
- In 1400 he was ordained priest
- In 1401 he became a Dean
- In 1402 Jan Hus became a rector and preacher of the Bethlehem Church in Prague
- 1402 - Jan Hus was influenced by the theological writings and ideas of John Wycliffe
- Hus began to attack the views of clerics
- Jan Hus became the rector of Prague University and was received at court
- In 1410 the Pope issued a decree against the ideas of John Wycliffe which were banned
- Jan Hus continued to preach about the new ideas - his followers were called the Hussites, but was forced to leave Prague
- 1414 - Three Bishops were appointed to investigate Jan Hus
- He was imprisoned by Archbishop of Constance at his castle on the Rhine
- 1415 Jan Hus was sent to trial and convicted as a heretic
- He was sentence to burning at the stake
- Jan Hus refused to recant and the terrible sentence was carried out
- Died: Jan Hus died on July 6, 1415
- Accomplishments and Achievements or why Jan Hus was famous: A cleric and religious reformer in Czechoslovakia who attracted followers called the Hussites. He was a follower of the English reformer John Wycliffe
- Prophecy and Jan Hus Quote: “In 100 years, God will raise up a man whose calls for reform cannot be suppressed.”
- Nearly 100 years later, in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses of Contention on to the church door at Wittenberg
- The prophecy of Jan Hus had come true. The protests of Martin Luther against the Roman Catholic church led to the new Protestant religion
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