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Erasmus

By johnisaacmajors
  • 1466

    Birth

  • 1470

    Began Education

    Age 4
  • 1475

    Latin Grammar School

    Age 9
  • 1483

    Death of Parents via the Black Death

  • 1492

    Poverty forces Erasmus to become a monk

    Ordained a Catholic priest.
  • 1499

    Travels to England

    Met Tomas Moore and John Colet, who influenced him, stays 10 years in France, England, and the Netherlands.
  • 1516

    Translates New Testament into Greek

  • 1517

    Luther posts the 95 Theses

    Next 10 years, Erasmus debates over human nature.
  • 1536

    Death

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