Martin Luther

Martin Luther was born

Nov 10, 1483

Went to the university of Erfurt

Mar 9, 1501

Enroled in the Study of law but droped it right away cause he didint agree with it

Luther post his ompaints

Oct 31, 1517

He postes theses statements on the door of the chuch in Wittenberg

Luther makes a public stand

Dec 9, 1517

He wrote 95 theses of compaints of the church

Pope threatens Martin

Mar 9, 1520

Pope Leo x issued a paper threating Martin with excommunitcation

Luther retruns

Mar 9, 1522

Luther Returned to Witteberg to notcie that some of his laws were already established instead of reforming more he and his follwers decided to make there own church.

Martin gets married

Apr 9, 1523

Cathern Von Bora she was 26 he was 41

Germans get mad

Mar 9, 1524

German peasants excited by the church reform demanded a end to serdom. Bands of angry peasents went around the country side raiding monoasteries. The revolt horified Luther he wrote a letter to to Price of the Germans but he regected it and felft betraed by luther and didnt except the Luthers relighion.

Germany at War

Mar 12, 1529

While some germans suppoerted Luther there was other german leaders that still was loyal to the Pope. The germans who suported Luther they became know as Prostesant, Presteansts were people who didnt belive in the catholic ways.

Martin LUther Dies

Feb 18, 1546

Kidney and blatter stones

Off to war

Mar 12, 1547

Charles the V went to war against the princes who Luthern even though Charles defeated him he was not able to convert them back over to Catholic.

The princes meet in Augsburg

Mar 12, 1555

After years of fighting ordered all german princes to the city of Augsbury there they agreed that each ruller would select there offical religon in each state. Also know as the Peace of Augsburg