Martin

Martin Luther

  • Birth + Baptism
    Nov 10, 1483

    Birth + Baptism

    Martin Luther is borrn
    One day later he was baptised
  • Period: Nov 10, 1483 to Feb 18, 1546

    LIfe of Marrtin Luther

  • Universities
    Nov 10, 1501

    Universities

    at the age of seventeen he is sent to the University of Erfurt.
    In just one year he already earned his bachelor's degree. Thee years later he recieved his Masters. He then went on to law school.
  • Became a Monk
    Jun 1, 1505

    Became a Monk

    Martin Luther becomes a monk after praying to St. Anne during a close encounter with lightning. He had promised that if she saved him he would become a monk. He regreted this immediately but fulfilled his promise
  • becomes a priest
    May 8, 1507

    becomes a priest

    After being ordered to follow an educational career to keep from pondering himself too much, Martin became a priest.
  • Theology
    Mar 9, 1508

    Theology

    In 1508, Martin began theology at the University of Wittenburg.
    On March 9 1508, he earned his degree in Biblical studies and a Bachelor's in Sentences by Peter Lombard (the main thelogy book at the time)
  • Begining of Protestant Reformation
    Oct 31, 1517

    Begining of Protestant Reformation

    On Halloween, Martin Luther changed the coarse og human history by nailing his 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenburg, accusing the Roman Catholic church of heresy upon hesresy. Mnay believe that this was the begining of the Protestant Reformation.
  • Diet of Worms
    Apr 17, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    Martin LUther was summoned to renounce his views ath the Diet of Worms.After praying about it for a long time, luther said that he still stoof by what he had written
  • Proclaimed an Outlaw
    May 5, 1521

    Proclaimed an Outlaw

    The emperor announced his Eddict of Worms, proclaiming Martin Luther and official outlaw
  • Views are Condemned
    May 8, 1521

    Views are Condemned

    Luther's protestant views were condemned as heretical by Pope Leo X n the bull Exsurge Domine in 1520
  • Luther New Testament Bible published
    Aug 10, 1522

    Luther New Testament Bible published

    The Luther German New Testament translation was first published in September of 1522.
  • Leaves the Monastary
    Feb 11, 1524

    Leaves the Monastary

    In 1524, Martin Luther left the monastary
  • Old Testament published
    Sep 8, 1534

    Old Testament published

    The Old Testament translation is published in German
  • Marriage
    Jun 13, 1535

    Marriage

    Martin Luther marries Katherina von Bora, a former nun. This began the tradition of clerical marriage
  • Death
    Feb 18, 1546

    Death

    Martin Luther Dies.