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He was born in this excat day. Eisleben, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
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Luther attends parish schools in Eisenach.
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Luther became a monk.
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Luther was ordained to the Preisthood
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Until his death, he taught scripture at the University of Wittenburg in the German State of Saxony
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Luther decided to take a public stand against the actions of a friar named, Johann Tetzel
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He posted statements, on the door of the castle church in Wittenburg and invited other scholars to debate him
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Pope Leo X issued a decree threatening Luther with excommunication unless he took back his statements
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Luther burns bull and cannon law with his students.
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Pope summoned Luther to stand trial.
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Luther returned to Wittenberg from the town of Worms
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German peasants excited by reformers talked of Christian freedom demanded and end to serfdom.
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German princes remained loyal to the Pope of Green to join forces against Luther's ideas.
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In the town of Eisleben, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. He was in his mid 60's when he died.
Luther's grave is opened-his remains remain.(1892) -
Even thought he defeated them he failed to force them back to the Catholic Church. (the forces that the Pope was trying to fight against).
