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Martin Luther was born on November 10th of 1483.
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Renaissance emphasis on the secular and individual challenged church authority.
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Taught scripture at the university of Wittenberg in the German state of Saxony until his death.
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Martin Luther takes a public stand against the actions of a friar. The friar's name was Johann Tetzel.
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Pope Leo X issues a decree threatening Martin Luther with excommunication unless he takes back what he has said.
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Charles V summons Martin Luther to Trial.
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Henry VIII Writes an attack on Luther's ideas.
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German peasants demand the end to serfdom and this causes the German Peasant War.
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Martin Luther marries Katherine Von Bora.
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Henry VIII summons the reformation of parliament, dismantling of pope's power in England begins.
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Parliament places clergy under Henry's control.
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On February 18th of 1546 Martin Luther died.
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Parliament follows Elizabeth's wishes and set up the Church of England, or Anglican Church.
